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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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Planetary scientists at Purdue University have utilized impact crater analysis to uncover that Jupiter's moon Europa has an ice shell at least 20 kilometers thick, revealing its potential to support life.
Research conducted by the University of South Florida has traced the spread of a deadly parasite affecting long-spined sea urchins across two widely separated regions: the Caribbean and the Sea of Oman.
Rutgers researchers create a machine-learning tool that analyzes metadata collected by Google and YouTube to predict user psychosocial distress.
A Purdue University research team are developing new applications for extracellular vesicles in routine sampling of the body’s response to prescription drug exposure.
Purdue University researchers have created a patent-pending method to dynamically manipulate a flame. The innovation could benefit companies that manufacture gas turbines for aircraft engines and electric power generation, appliances like home furnaces and water heaters, and many types of industrial burners.