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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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Raising awareness on March 9, World Kidney Day, and all year long, about kidney health and transplants is the goal of a UB surgeon and her community partners.
Engineering students at Dartmouth propose fixes to make the Montgomery House's more energy efficient.
Researchers from the University of Colorado have developed a way to engineer soybeans that produce scarce ingredients for cancer drugs, vaccines and infant formula.
Recent research from CU Boulder may have finally revealed why humans tend to get sick from airborne viral diseases more often in drier environments.
Researchers at Purdue propose a quantum device that could be tested experimentally to succinctly realize emergent particles like the Fibonacci anyon.