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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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Astronomers say they may have found evidence of a “runaway” black hole, a discovery that would prove a theory that originated five decades ago.
Yale astronomers are on the lookout for a “runaway” black hole — a supermassive black hole that was catapulted away from the center of its host
Two new studies have discovered clues that explain how octopus & squids evolved from their common ancestors, which were mollusk like slugs & snails.
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies a possible treatment strategy for some bone marrow failure syndromes.
Researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center are helping lead the development of one of the candidates for a vaccine to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in older adults.
Researchers report that a strong electric field that exists in the atmosphere at the surface between airborne water droplets and the surrounding air can create OH by a previously unknown mechanism.