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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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Researchers from Northwestern University are mapping the US-South Canada power grid, the largest contiguous power grid in the world amenable to modeling in order to detect vulnerabilities.
Scripps program provides stepping-stone for diverse students considering graduate programs in earth and ocean sciences.
The prevailing practice for treating addiction to painkillers led from the physician’s office to the worst man-made epidemic in modern medical history.
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Scientists from the University of California San Diego are preparing to capture data from a critical source of California’s annual water supply.
An analysis of recent studies on the causes of gun violence shows that lifting restrictions on concealed carry guns increases violent crime, according to researchers at Stanford and Duke University.