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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 new study provides evidence that river water eroding layers of metamorphic rock is a driver of freshwater fish biodiversity in the Appalachian Mountains.
After lightning struck a tree, a University of South Florida professor discovered the formation of a new phosphorus material.
The search for the 2022 killer that decimated long-spined sea urchins in the Caribbean and along Florida’s East coast is over. Researchers identified the small-but-mighty offender: a single-celled organism called a ciliate.
A team of researchers recently announced the completion of an open-source model that helps countries with high risk of tropical cyclones better calculate the impact of storms.
An unprecedented dataset containing the genetic information of 233 species promises to improve our understanding of primates’ evolutionary biology.