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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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Yale researchers have uncovered new insights into the neural mechanisms behind paranoia by analyzing data from both monkeys and humans.
A new study from @Yale may explain why Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the largest windstorm in the solar system, has been shrinking.
New research from the University of Notre Dame reveals a “mobile giving gap,” which demonstrates that consumers are less likely to donate to charities when using smartphones than when using PCs.
Researchers from UC Irvine and USC will seek to revolutionize the treatment of neurological diseases through intelligent biocomputing.
Researchers at KU are analyzing mosquito saliva to understand how viruses like West Nile and dengue fever alter its molecular makeup.