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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 robot at the Georgia Institute of Technology is successfully sliding hospital gowns on people’s arms. The machine, a PR2, taught itself in one day, by analyzing nearly 11,000 simulated examples of a robot putting a gown onto a human arm.
New technology created by a team of Georgia Tech researchers could make controlling text or other mobile applications as simple as “1-2-3.”
Researchers at Texas A&M are proposing a new technology combining a laser beam and a particle beam for interstellar propulsion that could pave the way for space exploration into the vast corners of our universe.
A new study provides a surprising model of the process by which immune system signals enter and influence cancer cells. The finding could lead to new therapies against cancer.
New research finds that more than half of Medicare beneficiaries have a high risk of obstructive sleep apnea, but few have been assessed for the sleep disorder.