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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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CU Boulder researchers are working to apply machine learning to psychiatry, with a speech-based mobile app that can categorize a patient’s mental health status as well as or better than a human can.
Researchers at CU Boulder have found the power of incentivizing healthy eating.
Researchers from the University of Oregon have found that the eyes can be a great way to assess hearing in babies, older children with developmental deficits and adults who are suffering from a debilitating disorder or are too sick to respond
Adolescents who play contact sports are no more likely to experience cognitive impairment, depression or suicidal thoughts in early adulthood than their peers, suggests a new University of Colorado Boulder study.
New research at CU Boulder could reveal new clues to how the interaction between species drives the evolution of ocean animals over millions of years.