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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 team of computer scientists at Stony Brook University revealed that a sophisticated AI algorithm was able to predict opioid death rates much more accurately than traditional methods.
Researchers from the Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine and Engineering (ICRME) have identified a new type of cell in the human and mouse body called the vasculogenic fibroblast that prov
In a new study, researchers compared new & ongoing symptoms of COVID-19, finding that half of the patients with COVID-19 had at least one symptom at three months follow-up.
Yale researchers have a new theory to explain geochemical “hotspots," magma plumes from deep in the Earth that erupt at the surface.
USC research finds the daily lives of the Indigenous Tsimané and Mosetén communities may provide clues for preventing heart disease and brain aging.