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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 reveals that northern & southern orcas differ in how they hunt for salmon, their primary and preferred food source.
MSU, Audubon receive $1.3M from NSF to support bird conservation in North America using data to create more robust population forecasts in the face of climate and land-use change.
Reserarchers found when the values associated with color changed less often and were thus less uncertain, people relied more on color to make their decision.
Northwestern University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind small, flexible, stretchable bandage that accelerates healing by delivering electrotherapy directly to the wound site.
A new study found that obstacles like a ring can effectively trap microparticles in fluid in an effort to advance microfluidics and drug delivery systems.