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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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A team from Purdue compared severe weather potential in North America, famous for tornadoes, with South America, finding that the rough texture of the Andes mountains may play a large role in preventing tornadoes over central South America.
A new study from the University of Arizona challenges the long-held narrative that the population of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) collapsed due to environmental destruction caused by its inhabitants.
Researchers at Purdue University, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, have made significant advancements in optimizing the performance of small modular reactors (SMRs) using artificial intelligence (AI).
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame, led by Associate Professor David Richter, are advancing hurricane intensity forecasting with a groundbreaking $9 million grant from the Office of Naval Research.
A new study co-authored by an associate professor of development and global health economics at Notre Dame found no significant link between anemia and school attendance in India, contrary to earlier research.