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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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Research from Johns Hopkins aims to identify early indicators of dementia through changes in movement and sleep patterns.
A team of University of Miami scientists spent weeks in the Arctic region studying marine cold-air outbreaks and how the clouds they produce may be interacting with the rapidly warming Arctic.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed the most sensitive method yet for detecting and profiling a single molecule — unlocking a new tool that holds potential for better understanding how the building blocks of matter interact with each other
Researchers at the University of Miami and NOAA have developed the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS), a new model improving the accuracy of hurricane predictions.
A multinational research team led by experts at the University of Utah have identified the genetic mutation responsible for SCA4, a rare progressive neurological disease.