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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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Tumors called high-grade gliomas wire themselves into the healthy brain, receiving and interpreting electrical signals from normal neurons, a Stanford study has found.
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Pearls are inspiring a University at Buffalo-led research team in its quest to improve armor.
Women are quicker to take cover or prepare to evacuate during an emergency, but often have trouble convincing the men in their life to do so, suggests a new CU Boulder study.
Researchers at CU Boulder have collected new measurements that help to reveal the cause of colorful sunrises: an eruption that occurred on a Russian volcano called Raikoke.
A Stanford study predicts a tripling of storm-related damages in the Bahamas if protective ecosystems such as coral reefs and mangrove forests are degraded or lost.