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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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UCLA biochemists have achieved a first in biology: viewing at near-atomic detail the smallest protein ever seen, using a technique called cryo-electron microscopy.
With the help of fitness-tracking devices, an a USC-led team of international scientists studied how physically active people consider themselves to be, versus how physically active they really are.
Although river diversions that bring land-building sediment to shrinking coastlands are the best solution to sustaining portions of the Mississippi Delta, a new Tulane University study concludes that the rate of land building will likely be dwarfed by the rate of wetland loss.
New research with mice suggests that the healing process after breast cancer surgery may trigger dormant cancer cells and lead to a relapse within 12-18 months.
New neuroscience research from the University of Pittsburgh sheds light on how two seemingly different brain processes related to attention are more similar than previously thought, which could someday lead to improved targets for drug researchers.