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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 suggests that in crowded settings such as prisons, masking, improved ventilation, and distancing may help prevent new COVID-19 infections among people who have been vaccinated or previously infected.
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Nine research teams across the U.S have modeled the effect of the IRA on U.S. carbon emissions. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the landmark federal climate law, has committed nearly $400 billion to mitigating climate change.
A Princeton-led team of biologists found when the seven known flying mammals evolved flight they recycled some of the same genetic parts that had been in their DNA since dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
In a new study, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers demonstrate one potential path toward this goal by adapting hydrogen fuel cell technologies.
A team of researchers has developed an inhalable vaccine that successfully protects against the COVID virus. It also opens the door to delivering other messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics for gene replacement therapy and other treatments in the lungs.