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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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Scientists have used electrical pulses to manipulate magnetic information into a polarized light signal, a discovery that could revolutionize long-distance optical telecommunications, including between Earth and Mars.
A professor from UC Santa Cruz has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's R01 program to explore the role of gene isoforms in lung cancer progression and treatment response.
A new, rare species of succulent plant has discovered and named by a researcher with the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum.
Recent research by the University of Kansas and the University of California-Irvine has uncovered that AI systems emit substantially less carbon dioxide equivalent compared to ahuman efforts.
Scientists have found a “tipping point” in the evolution of fungi that throttles their growth and sculpts their shapes.