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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 collaboration that included the University of Michigan has spotted six likely rogue worlds—objects with planet-like masses but untethered from any star’s gravity—using the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST.
Researchers from UC Berkeley have discovered a new species of choanoflagellate, Barroeca monosierra, in the harsh environment of Mono Lake.
A University of Oregon researcher is pioneering the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials using organic chemistry, allowing for precise molecular control.
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.