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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 recent study from UC Berkeley reveals that the heat index, or the measure of how hot it really feels, is increasing about three times faster than the actual temperature rise.
Nursing homes in disadvantaged communities are more likely to overmedicate residents with antipsychotics, especially homes that are understaffed, according to a new study from NYU.
A study that could help revolutionize wireless communication introduces a novel method to curve terahertz signals around an obstacle.
Earth system scientists at the University of California reveal how wildfires are increasing rates of photosynthesis in Canada and Alaska.
Building on their extensive involvement at CERN, the University of Rochester team recently achieved “incredibly precise” measures of the electroweak mixing angle, a crucial component of the Standard Model of Particle Physics