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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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A new study from the University of Colorado, Boulder shows why people who don't get enough sleep are at greater risk of stroke and heart attack.
A new study by Stony Brook University scientists reveals that higher education is associated with later onset of Alzheimer’s-related accelerated cognitive declines. Their findings are published early online in the Journal of Gerontology.
A Northwestern University research team's discovery illuminates how bacteria turn methane gas into liquid methanol.
Researchers at Boston University see big data and AI as a way to help huge communities of people—and individuals
BU neuroscientist shows that stimulating different parts of the brain can dial up or down a specific memory’s emotional oomph