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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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Type 2 diabetes, once known as “adult-onset diabetes” because it was virtually unknown in children, has bloomed with malice in kids as young as 10 years old. But the causes, researchers say, aren’t as simple as kids eating too many sweets.
A University at Buffalo sociologist is part of a research team whose new study is adding critical nuance toward better understanding the association between breastfeeding and infant health in the first year of life.
As artificial intelligence (AI) plays an increasingly important role in the lives of humans, its learning processes are becoming increasingly obscure. Computer scientist Kate Saenko says that’s a problem.
Researchers found that even very light workouts can increase the connectivity between parts of the brain responsible for memory formation and storage.
In the largest genetic study of varicose veins ever completed, Stanford researchers and their collaborators found evidence that being tall is a risk factor for the condition.