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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 suggests that community-based interventions made earlier in young people’s lives may reduce the chances of firearm injury.
Pregnant women who had greater light exposure three hours before sleep were more likely to develop gestational diabetes.
Historic gospel songs were resurrected after more than six decades by a team of historians, librarians, artists, musicians and church administrators from across the University and city of Pittsburgh.
Rice University engineers have developed minimally invasive, ultraflexible nanoelectrodes that could serve as an implanted platform for administering long-term, high-resolution stimulation therapy.
MSU research shows how elevated carbon dioxide levels affect plant metabolism.