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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 team of researchers has develop a new method for recycling that promises to lower the energy requirement without sacrificing the quality of the plastic.
A new study has found incoming students who participate in an online belonging exercise complete their first year as full-time college students at a higher rate than their peers.
For the first time, neuroscientists have recorded neural activity from the visual system of an octopus.
A team has announced the first evidence for “quantum superchemistry” – a phenomenon where particles in the same quantum state undergo collective accelerated reactions. The effect had been predicted, but never observed in the laboratory.
Columbia scientists have found that neurons in the gastrointestinal tract of mice are damaged by an autoimmune reaction to a protein associated with Parkinsons disease. Their study is adding to evidence that the disease may gets its start in the gut.