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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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Some teenagers with autism use a different set of eye-movement patterns from their non-autistic counterparts while recognizing faces, according to researchers at Yale.
Yale investigators have identified a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based video biomarker that is able to identify those who might develop and have rapidly worsening aortic stenosis.
Researchers from UB are working on a a superior alternative to silicon-based semiconductors that can operate at higher temperatures and handle increased power loads.
A University at Buffalo researcher who is a leading expert on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) has published a study that could change the standard of care for the condition.
A new study from dermatologists at Boston University finds the more time you spend on social media, scrolling past endless images of perfectly sculpted faces and bodies, the more likely you are to want to undergo a cosmetic procedure.