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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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Researchers have designed a faster and more energy-efficient nanoscale laser component called the graphene-plasmonic hybrid metastructure saturable absorber, known as GPSMA.
GW doctoral student Brendan O’Connor is the lead author of a new study on the massive cosmic explosion detected last October.
New research by a team of primatologists at is dispelling some myths about testosterone and aggression in primates, finding that more testosterone does not mean more aggression in wild chimpanzees.
UC Riverside-led study examines climate impacts of anthropogenic aerosols and greenhouse gases using a broad set of climate models.
New UC San Diego research reveals people schedule their binge watching, preferring to consecutively watch some programing over others and will pay with money or time to binge shows.