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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 new study from Tulane University has identified a protein that may be the glue that helps COVID’s spike protein stick.
The study focuses on the impact of climate change on snow conditions and how these changes affect predator-prey dynamics in cold environments.
Researchers led by a University of Washington associate professor report finding a superconducting material that is uniquely sensitive to outside stimuli, enabling the superconducting properties to be enhanced or suppressed at will.
Prior to the pandemic, the majority of American adults thought that families should be responsible for the daily care of older adults. But there is a small sea change in that way of thinking, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Northwestern University researchers have successfully coaxed a deadly pathogen to destroy itself from the inside out.