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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 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.
Disabling a single, apparently noncritical protein in cells may foil replication of the viruses that cause half of all common colds, polio and other diseases, according to researchers at Stanford and UCSF.
A new study of 9/11 World Trade Center responders led by Stony Brook University reveals that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is strongly associated with onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
A new study led by UT Austin has confirmed the dinosaurs' extinction event by finding hard evidence in the rocks that filled the impact crater