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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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Patient sputum samples and a unique lab model of human lungs reveal new insights into the microbial communities that plague cystic fibrosis patients and how they might best be managed.
Rice University scientists have developed micron-sized calcium silicate spheres that could lead to stronger and greener concrete, the world’s most-used synthetic material.
Stanford researchers have mapped local susceptibility to man-made earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas.
Researchers in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering have created an artificial synapse — a junction that allows brain cells to pass along information — that mimics the way the human brain completes complex tasks, with the intention of helping computers 'think' like humans.
Researchers at Purdue University may have found a solution to bird collisions with airplanes.