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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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Princeton Archaeologists Are Using Cutting-edge Digital Technologies to Help Reveal the Ancient Past
Princeton researchers are using a combination of traditional excavation tools and advanced digital technologies to improve the accuracy and efficiency of their archaeological excavations at the Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project (MTAP) in Northern Greece.
A UVA research team has found a way to reverse harmful heart changes by targeting the process of fibrosis that leads to the heart scarring. The discovery, involving the male Y chromosome, could lead to a treatment for men.
Scientists from the University of California, Irvine describe a new method to make very thin crystals of the element bismuth – a process that may make the manufacturing of cheap flexible electronics an everyday reality.
A team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine used high-resolution satellite radar data to find evidence of the intrusion of warm, high-pressure seawater many kilometers beneath the grounded ice of West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier.
A UCSC team of researchers has discovered a distinct, secondary population of platelets that appears with aging and have hyperreactive behavior and unique molecular properties, which could make them easier to target with medication.