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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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Johns Hopkins University researchers show modern computers may not be as different from humans as we think.
University of Rochester research shows how sleep depth can impact our brain’s ability to efficiently wash away waste and toxic proteins.
Research completed by two University of Arizona medical students shows a tragic trend in overdose-related, out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Arizona.
University of California, Berkeley scientists inserted a gene for a green-light receptor into the eyes of blind mice and, a month later, the mice were navigating around obstacles as easily as those with no vision problems.
Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology shows an ultra-low power hybrid chip that gets inspiration from the brain could help give palm-sized robots the ability to collaborate and learn from their experiences, researchers report.