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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 research team has received a grant from the (NSF to build on its work with Ojibwe tribes in the western Great Lakes region studying the health and socio-ecological conditions of manoomin.
100 youths who were leaving the foster care system in Clark County, Nevada reported high rates of homelessness and interaction with the criminal justice system since they left foster care to face the world on their own.
The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, the Arizona State University-led Psyche mission aims to help scientists learn more about the formation of rocky bodies in our solar system.
New research shows many fossil fuel workers have the right skills already, the problem is that those new green jobs likely won’t be in the right place.
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced $27 million for a USC-led Microelectronics Commons project. The university will lead a coalition of research and industry organizations with the power to accelerate the development and manufacturing of microelectronics in the United States.