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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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A study by researchers at Stony Brook University indicates concrete construction waste can help rid the air of sulfur dioxide, a major pollutant
Middle- and working-class workers’ earnings in the US have been stagnating or sinking in recent decades, according to a study conducted by a team that included researchers from the University of Minnesota.
A University of Michigan professor is part of a team that has discovered a giant, Jupiter-like planet that revolves around a star approximately 385 light years from the Sun.
An algorithm developed by Stanford computer scientists can diagnose 14 types of heart rhythm defects, called arrhythmias, better than cardiologists.
University of Washington researchers have invented a battery-free cellphone that harvests the power it needs from either ambient radio signals or light.