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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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Three Stony Brook University graduate students teamed up with a doctor and a local high school student to develop the "EyeCanDo” app, which won first prize at the recent Mount Sinai Health Hackathon
Researchers performed CT scans on five mummies from 16th-century Greenland, looking for evidence of atherosclerosis to see whether the leading cause of death in the U.S. today was also prevalent centuries ago.
Boston University researchers have developed a system for seeing around corners using a computer algorithm and a simple digital camera.
Brain scans of astronauts before and after spaceflight show changes to their white matter in areas that control movement and process sensory information, a University of Florida study shows.
Scientists have found and tested a promising drug that stops cancer by interfering with the cancer cells’ metabolism and other circadian-related functions.