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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 Yale-led team of physicists has discovered a circular pattern in the movement of electrons in a group of quantum materials known as “strange metals.”
New research offers an unprecedented window into the transformation of embryonic cells into specialized cells begins.
A BU engineering professor has created a fully automated, wearable 'pancreas' that administers all insulin doses without the user having to ever calculate or worry about them, transforming the lives of people with type 1 diabetes.
A new study suggests that higher-energy bolide impacts created a superheated core and extended volcanism on Venus — leading to its younger surface appearance.
A new Yale study examines how some North American birds seek the same weather conditions all year long across migratory routes.