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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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Social science researchers at Penn State are leading initiatives to combat the increasing number of drug overdoses from prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic opioids.
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Engineers from the University of Washington and UCLA have developed a flexible sensor “skin” that can be stretched over any part of a robot’s body or prosthetic to accurately convey information that is critical to successfully grasping and manipulating objects.
Penn State Health is leading the creation of a new system to ensure people in south-central Pennsylvania with opioid use disorder receive the treatment they need.
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The Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) at the University of Pittsburgh helps college students with conditions such as paraplegia, epilepsy and autism transition to careers in machining and engineering, as well as advance their personal and professional development.
One of the two brain-training methods most scientists use in research is significantly better at improving memory and attention, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers.