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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 researcher from Georgia Tech was in his backyard when he noticed something he had never seen before: an insect urinating.
Throughout 2022, 37% of low-income residents of Los Angeles County lacked access to sufficient food for an active, healthy life, according to research published by USC.
A $2.5 million grant from the NHLBI allows researchers from UNC Chapel Hill and Penn State to examine the genetic underpinnings of heart attack and stroke in Hispanic populations.
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A new genomic study from Emory suggests that Indigenous populations in present-day Ecuador adapted to tuberculosis, thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.
A new study from NYU found that silver diamine fluoride prevented roughly 80% of cavities and was as effective against cavities as dental sealants.