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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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New research from the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine hints that post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) might be tied to the body’s own immune response.
A University of Virginia engineering professor is exploring ways to improve polymer membranes to make desalination simpler and less expensive.
Princeton University use mathematical equations to show that physiological differences between trees and grasses explain the curious phenomenon of heavy rainfalls and spells of drought on the African savannas created significantly fewer trees.
Low-impact development technologies (LIDs) that mimic pre-urban stream functions are solutions that University of California, Irvine and other academics are looking at to help take advantage of El Nino conditions in California.
The European Court of Justice has struck down the so-called Safe Harbor agreement, which allowed U.S. companies to skirt many European data privacy laws. Computer scientist Anna Lysyanskaya says now is a good time for companies to start using cryptographic methods that enable them to do business without collecting customers’ private information.