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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 from NYU reveals humans are not so "inattentionally blind" and quite good at spotting unexpected objects while focused on another activity if they are moving fast.
A new material made of ultra-tiny silicon nanoparticles can convert low-energy photons into higher-energy ones, potentially ushering the next generation of cancer treatments.
An international collaboration involving Rutgers researchers have conducted the most comprehensive sequencing yet of the complete DNA sequence of the little skate.
A $1 million NCI grant supports new collaborative research at SUNY regarding the management of advanced ovarian cancer.
Researchers at Georgia Tech decided to take evolution into their own hands to better understand how multicellular life evolves from scratch.