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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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Researchers from the University of Washington, the University of Chicago show that the optic gland in a maternal octopus undergoes a massive shift in cholesterol metabolism, resulting in dramatic changes in the steroid hormones produced.
A Georgia Tech study shows that hybrid learning utilizing alternating school days for children offers a significant reduction in community disease spread. Total closure in favor of remote learning, however, offers little additional advantage over that hybrid option.
Using a novel method to arrange molecules, researchers at Northwestern University have created a kind of synthetic cement that performs even better than the gluey substance mussels secrete to attach to surfaces. Their findings expand on how these protein-like polymers can be used as a platform to create new materials and therapeutics.
BU astronomers develop a new way to measure and detect the presence of planet-forming disks around young stars in some of the most opaque regions of space
In a new study, Northwestern University synthetic biologists set out to elucidate the design rules needed to make decoy nanoparticles effective and resistant to viral escape.