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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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Men who delay starting a family have a ticking “biological clock” — just like women — that may affect the health of their partners and children, according to Rutgers researchers.
Rice University physicists help discover evidence that xenon isotope’s half-life tops all so far.
Case Western Reserve researchers boast 98 percent accuracy for robots recognizing facial cues; could improve video gaming today, health care tomorrow.
University of Chicago researchers say Higgs boson could be tied with dark particle, serve as ‘portal to the dark world.’
A new type of opioid developed by researchers at Tulane University and the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System doesn’t have the side effect of increased pain sensitivity, and accelerates recovery time from pain compared to morphine