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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 Purdue University-led research team has begun translating the complex molecular language of petunias.
A researcher at Boston University has been studying clownfish for the last 20 years, observing how clownfish live within a strict social hierarchy and control how bright their colors are and how big they grow.
A new study finds that soil stores 80 percent of carbon on Earth, and with increasing cycles and severity of droughts in several regions, even more carbon dioxide will be released into the atmosphere.
Georgia Tech researchers are teaming up with NASA to study bacteria on the International Space Station to help define how scientists and healthcare professionals combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria for long-duration space missions.
PLGA nanoparticles modified with ATP slowly release anti-cancer drugs and recruit immune cells to fight tumors
Purdue University researchers are developing and validating patent-pending poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid), or PLGA, nanoparticles modified with adenosine triphosphate, or ATP,