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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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Scientists believe space dust from the moon could reduce solar radiation enough to lessen the impact of climate change.
New protein mapping could boost ability to analyze drugs, making them safer and more effective.
Using seismic waves, scientists detect widespread partially melted rock hidden under the Earth’s tectonic plates in a new way, a step in settling a long-held geological debate that has big implications in understanding plate motion.
A lab at the University of Michigan made a discovery that dramatically speeds up the chemical process that builds molecules and thus the development of medicines.
Brown students develop tool for drug detection that addresses a critical biomedical need and has the potential to be widely adapted by clinicians to monitor antidepressants in patients.