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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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An international team led by researchers at the University of Washington has uncovered surprising details about mosquito mating, which could lead to improved malaria control techniques and even help develop precision drone flight.
Researchers at the University of Chicago developed a nanomedicine that increases the penetration and accumulation of chemotherapy drugs in tumor tissues and effectively kills cancer cells through the activation of the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway.
While offshore scuba diving, University of Oregon researchers collected different species of salps, a type of transparent, gelatinous plankton, that can teach us how to move more efficiently in different parts of the ocean.
New research led by the University of Washington and NOAA reveals that underwater noise pollution from vessels in the Salish Sea is a major factor hindering the recovery of the southern resident orca population, which remains critically endangered.
Two recent studies involving Penn State researchers shed light on the ecological importance of red-backed salamanders and confirmed that proactive measures could prevent costly impacts from a wildlife disease spreading across Europe that has not yet reached North America.