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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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Brown University has launched the Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine (I-BEAM), which will serve as an incubator for collaborative biomedical research and innovation in healthcare.
New research challenges the long-held belief that the flu pandemic of 1918 disproportionately affected healthy young people.
The spotted lanternfly, a hitchhiking insect native to Asia, has been found on the University of Maryland campus.
A new study showed that FMRP, a protein deficient in individuals with fragile X syndrome, has a role in the function of mitochondria, part of a cell that produces energy, during prenatal development.
A Texas A&M-led research team has discovered that a population of endangered red-crowned parrots is thriving in urban areas of South Texas.