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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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Berkeley researchers propose building a fleet of miniaturized solar sails that could potentially visit thousands of near-Earth asteroids and comets.
To improve the success rate of drug repurposing and determine effective treatment doses, the Penn State researchers developed a model that predicts effective doses for repurposed drugs.
People are willing to live in locations where there is a greater risk of climate-driven extreme weather and natural disasters if there is an increase to their overall economic well-being, according to a study by Douglas Wrenn.
An international team led by researchers at the University of Washington linked together a series of models that estimate the smoke effects of various levels of prescribed burning on ecosystems and nearby communities.
University of Chicago astrophysicists have discovered a unique star which challenges existing theories on how massive stars explode and suggests new insights into the creation of heavy elements and the nature of the universe's first stars.