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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 new study shows that today's pre-retirement generation already has more health issues and health-related limits on their lives than prior generations did when they were in their late 50s.
Hospital discharges related to prescription opioids have declined slightly in recent years, but heroin-related discharges have surged, according to a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Using a machine learning technique to analyze product descriptions and sales data, Stanford linguist Dan Jurafsky and colleagues found that specific words in descriptions can predict sales.
A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults found that those who could not identify at least four out of five common odors were more than twice as likely to develop dementia within five years.
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a new biofuel technology that may revolutionize the search for the perfect algal strain: algal droplet bioreactors on a chip.