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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 University of Texas at Austin researcher used virtual reality to study how grid cells in the brain help orient us in space.
Michigan State University neuroscientists. say spending too much time in dimly lit rooms and offices may actually change the brain's structure and hurt one's ability to remember and learn.
A new study describes how a gene mutation led to toxicity in nerve cells, causing many cases of ALS and a certain type of dementia.
Researchers conducted text analyses of nearly 40,000 Twitter users and ran online experiments to test the behavior of people who provided their Twitter handles.
We're not addicted to our smartphones, we're addicted to social interactions, a new study suggests.