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UMD geologists uncovered evidence of a section of seafloor that sank into the Earth's mantle when dinosaurs roamed the Earth; it's located off the west coast of South America in a zone known as the East Pacific Rise.

Novel research supported by NCI could lead to more specific predictive disease models

A new University of Kansas study reveals parents seeking health care information for their children trust AI more than health care professionals when the author is unknown, and parents rate AI generated text as credible, moral and trustworthy.

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Researchers from MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab developed a technique to estimate the reliability of foundation AI models before they are deployed to a specific task.
Researchers from MIT and several other institutions have developed a groundbreaking machine-learning framework that dramatically accelerates predictions of materials' thermal properties.
A multidisciplinary group of researchers led by KU is developing an artificial-intelligence-powered digital tool, called the NOURISH platform, which will help businesses and startups operating in food deserts give more nutritious choices to an estimated 24 million Americans.
University of California, Irvine scientists recently discovered a one-dimensional nanoscale material whose color changes as temperature changes.
A new paper led by UCSC presents a comprehensive framework for integrating nature into policy-making to help our communities combat climate change and nature loss.