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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 at Yale propose a new theory on how precious metals like gold and platinum found their way to shallow pockets within Earth's mantle.
MIT scientists find the sounds beneath our feet are fingerprints of rock stability.
A Purdue University mechanical engineer and his international collaborators have developed a patent-pending method and algorithm to predict the recurrence of prostate cancer in patients treated by radiation therapy.
A study from Tufts University found that women who consume higher amounts of protein, especially from plant-based sources, develop fewer chronic diseases and are healthier as they age.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, led by @uarizona, has returned a sample from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu that shows evidence of water and high-carbon content, suggest that the building blocks of life on Earth may be found in the rock.