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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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University of Southern California researchers compared feathers from 21 bird species to learn from their biological architecture and potentially apply that knowledge to modern technology.
Researchers at University of Oregon are moving closer to a new approach for improving spinal fusion procedures and repairing broken or defective bones that avoids an over-production of bone that commonly occurs in current treatments.
Now, researchers at Cornell University are using a new iteration of C dots is expanding their impact through fluorescence-based multiplexing, a process in which multiple C dots are dispatched to track different cancer targets.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis are working to create cancer pain treatment options that exclude opioids.
A new energy model, developed by Northwestern University and Cornell University engineers, along with federal economists, helps remove carbon-generated power from the US electric grid – replacing it with a greener, financially feasible wind, solar and hydro energy system.