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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 new study identified 60 alcohol-associated circulating metabolites, which appear to produce counteractive effects on heart disease risk.
An analysis co-led by a Brown public health researcher found that the nation’s first two government-sanctioned overdose prevention centers were not associated with significant changes in crime.
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Case Western Reserve University researchers are leading the development of a “smart packaging” system to monitor temperature fluctuations, moisture changes and pathogens in perishable food products during transportation.
MSU researchers are working to reduce the health risks associated with mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
Large-scale wildfires, possibly started by humans, in an ecosystem made fire-prone by climate change caused the disappearance of Ice Age mammals in Southern California nearly 13,000 years ago.