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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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Theoretical study suggests that small black holes born in early universe may have left behind hollow planetoids and microscopic tunnels, and that we should start searching rocks and old buildings for them
Stony Brook physicist Dmitri Kharzeev and collaborators have mapped quantum entanglement in protons for the first time, an advance that could transform quantum computing, particle physics, and our understanding of the universe’s fundamental building blocks.
Stony Brook Medicine is the first on Long Island to use FDA-approved vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) to help stroke survivors regain hand and arm function, even years after their stroke.
A new global study co-authored by UC Santa Cruz scientist Heather Welch finds that most whale-ship collision hotspots lack protections, putting blue, fin, humpback, and sperm whales at serious risk as global shipping grows.
Stony Brook researchers uncovered how Eurasian shrews shrink and regrow their brains seasonally, revealing gene activity that may offer insights into human neurological and metabolic diseases.