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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 shows that exposures to Agent Orange herbicidal chemicals damage frontal lobe brain tissue of laboratory rats in a similar way to early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.
A team of researchers examined how biology textbooks in the U.S. instruct students about sex and gender. Its findings showed that these concepts are frequently described in ways that are at odds with scientific research.
A new study from BU delves into the lives of superagers to better understand why some people make it to their centennial—and to maybe help the rest of us do the same.
Ricardo Sanfelice and a team of researchers have been awarded $2.5M to model complex aerospace engineering problems, like cleaning up space junk.
Sleeping too much or too little is associated with changes in the brain that are known to precede and increase the risk of stroke and dementia later in life, a new study suggests.