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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.
Hypertension and amyloid plaques can separately cause dementia. Having both increases a person’s odds of developing cognitive decline, a new study finds
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Scientists from the University of California, Irvine have found that widespread use of household fireworks can lead to short-term spikes in extremely high particulate matter air pollution.
The University of Florida’s HiPerGator AI supercomputer has been named the one of the most powerful worldwide, according to rankings just released by TOP500, the most referenced global ranking of high-performance computing systems.
A team of scientists at the University of California, Irvine, have found that climate change is leading to vegetation loss in Southern California's deserts and mountains.
An electroencephalogram (EEG) study of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) identified a neural signal that may help explain the variation of how those with ASD perceive or understand the mental states of others (called “Theory of Mind”)
A Univ. of Washington analysis of requests and donations to GoFundMe, along with Census data, found that affluent and educated communities created more fundraising campaigns, and received more in return, during the early months of the pandemic than other communities with fewer resources.