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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 the Ohio State University have created the world's first high-resolution maps of points around the globe where groundwater meets the oceans.
A University of Colorado, Boulder study finds that by exposing the big atoms to different kinds of light could flip their charges with a flick of a switch.
A new study from the University of Colorado, Boulder shows why people who don't get enough sleep are at greater risk of stroke and heart attack.
A Boston University study reveals a natural pregnancy hormone could relax a locked-up joint
A University of Colorado, Boulder team may at least have partly explained how soil-dwelling bacterium quells stress-related disorders, and brings researchers one step closer to developing a microbe-based “stress vaccine.”