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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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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have created a pneumatic wheelchair that uses high-pressured air as an energy source instead of heavy batteries and electronics.
Researchers at Stony Brook University were awarded $3.5M by the Office of Naval Research to help guard against online security breaches that threaten personal data.
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This is the first of a three-part video series that highlights how Indiana University research benefits the lives of people in Indiana and beyond.
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Washington University researchers working with mice have identified a way to convert white fat, which contributes to weight gain, into brown fat that burns calories.
Researchers at Michigan State University are working to solve one of the biggest problems facing fingerprint recognition systems today: How can you be sure the finger being used is actually a human finger?