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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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New research used 90 years of seismic data to infer wave heights, creating an unprecedented record of the waves that have pounded California’s coast
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.
A University at Buffalo researcher demonstrated that an electric field can trigger a 'quantum avalanche' that allows nonconductors to turn into conductors.
A new study that analyzes ancient soil once stored at the University at Buffalo is causing a worrisome rethinking of the history of Greenland’s ice sheet and reveals its fragile nature today.
A new study finds dust from the Sahara Desert can help remove dangerous atmospheric methane.