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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 new article from a University of Kansas scholar examines the history of state history education standards and provides a road map for teachers to use the standards themselves as lessons.
UC Santa Cruz's groundbreaking research shows low-temperature hydrothermal vents on Earth's seafloor could create life-supporting conditions on ocean worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa.
University of Minnesota researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to infect corn plants with the corn tar spot pathogen in the field.
University of Minnesota researchers have successfully mapped the complete genome of the endangered Przewalski’s horse.
A study by UC Davis has identified significant cellular differences between male and female mice with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).