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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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The University at Buffalo has now introduced a new major in Indigenous Studies, making it the only university in the SUNY system to offer such a program.
A new study from NYU found that while street view images can provide valuable insights into the built environment's impact on health, they have limitations when used alone.
Tufts University researchers have received a $20.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to try to answer some of the most vexing questions around chronic Lyme disease.
Researchers at the University of Rochester are repurposing ultrasound technology, commonly used for medical imaging, to create new blood vessel networks in damaged tissue.
An international study led by researchers from UC Berkeley has uncovered a significant increase in the number of genes responsible for starch digestion in humans over the last 12,000 years.