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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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The University of South Florida has been selected as a partner in the newly funded $15 million National Science Foundation Southeast I-Corps Hub, an initiative that will advance innovation and entrepreneurship across the southeast.
The discovery of a gut-to-brain regulation pathway in flies calls for additional consideration on how certain medications can be used to treat obesity and diabetes in humans.
University of Kansas School of Engineering faculty and students will develop, conduct and share research and training resources and programs to help strengthen the nation’s digital defenses as part of a new agreement.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems, an MIT spinout company, has announced that it will build the first grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
A UF researcher's own pet cat brought in a dead mouse - suspecting it may carry disease, the researcher took it in for testing. He confirmed the mouse carried jeilongvirus, which can rarely cause serious illness in people.