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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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Purdue scientists strive to understand full ecological impacts of microplastics on aquatic food webs.
First ever clinical classification of heart attacks based on tissue damage adopted by Canadian Cardiovascular Society.
Researchers have developed a fast and accurate way to determine fruit quality, piece by piece, using high-frequency wireless technology. It promises to help cut food waste by optimizing distribution.
A study that reveals how the virus mutates to escape Paxlovid could now help chemists design better drugs that are more difficult for SARS-CoV-2 to sidestep
A team of researchers is developing a new method they’ve dubbed “the Pink Test” to detect breast cancer by looking at a patient’s bloodstream rather than imaging tissue.