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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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New Case Western Reserve University study suggests some stress might actually protect your body.
Researchers at University of Rochester, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the California Institute of Technology have developed an innovative benchtop laser with potential applications in LiDAR, atomic physics, AR/VR.
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A study involving Stony Brook University quantifies for the first time past and future country cost savings for solar module production from globalized supply chains
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From closing car doors to kicking a football to composing music, the brain knows how to distinguish “right” from “wrong” according to New York University researchers.
A new gene editing technique developed by UO researchers compresses what previously would have been years of work into just a few days, allowing researchers to test the effects of thousands of genetic mutations in one fell swoop.