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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 study reveals social and racial vulnerabilities exacerbated by global warming and rising sea levels. Disadvantaged populations, including minorities, renters, and older adults, face severe burdens of climate change as flooding intensifies.
Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022 and unleashed a variety of flesh-eating and other harmful bacteria in its wake that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study.
Grouping English learners together in classrooms, a longstanding practice in schools, has no impact on reading development for elementary school students.
The UB study found that e-cigarette use during pregnancy in adolescents does not statistically significantly correlate with small-for-gestational-age babies
An experimental drug can reduce the toxic changes in tau proteins known to damage neurons in brains with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report.