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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 at UCI and Brookhaven National Laboratory have been working on lithium ion batteries to improve their power, efficiency and longevity.
In a recent study at the University of Missouri researchers analyzed how immunological memory gets generated and maintained, as well as the role inflammation plays in shaping that immunological memory.
Researchers at Purdue are working on a method of repurposing existing techniques to produce a microprocessor timing device in a standard chip fab plant could address supply chain and security weak points.
Despite COVID-19, A Dartmouth professor is committed to teaching youth about resource management. Last fall, students traveled along the coast of Maine and to coastal islands to interact with communities that manage a diversity of fisheries—lobstering, shellfish, aquaculture, and more.
The Institute of Arctic Studies will continue to train the next generation of climate change scientists, thanks to a new $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation supporting the institute’s Joint Science Education Project through 2026.