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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 increasing health insurance costs are eating up a growing proportion of worker’s compensation, and have been a major factor in both flattening wages and increasing income inequality over the past 30 years.
An international team of marine biologists has discovered a unique isopod, a form of crustacean, that has been formally identified as a new species from the deep waters of The Bahamas.
Researchers from the University of Virginia have discovered that seagrass beds can permanently lock in carbon, even when the seagrass meadows die off.
Engineers at BU are figuring out how to make better, more sustainable batteries, a technology that is essential for clean energy.
An Alzheimer’s diagnosis in a sibling raises the risk of a shortened lifespan in other family members — even those without dementia, according to new USC research.