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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.

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A new study by Rice University bioscientists explains how basic cellular structures common to most life forms collaborate to fuel growth in a model plant organism.
Two Stony Brook University chemistry professors are conducting research using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) STAR detector that may lead to a deeper understanding of the properties and dynamics of the matter known as a quark-gluon plasma (QGP)
Researchers at USC Dornsife are finding better ways to harness nature’s bounty, from kelp to sun beams, in order to power our industrialized world.
Researchers at Purdue University are advancing the world of robotics and autonomy with their patent-pending method that improves on traditional machine vision and perception.
Rather than being solely detrimental, cracks in the positive electrode of lithium-ion batteries reduce battery charge time, research done at the University of Michigan shows.