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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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Negative attitudes toward frozen vegetables may be impacting consumption of healthy foods, according to research by Stony Brook marketing professors.
In six experiments, researchers tested the hypothesis that people overestimate how much their abilities improve after extensively watching others perform.
MIT chemists have devised a way to rapidly synthesize and screen millions of novel proteins that could be used as drugs against Ebola and other viruses.
A new study sheds light on how the influenza virus evolves in people, knowledge that may one day enable epidemiologists to forecast just how bad a seasonal flu will be and provide more lead time for vaccine development.
Researchers recently developed a new computational model that simulates shoe and floor friction that could lead to shoe designs with better traction.