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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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An uncommon doctor-patient relationship leads to a research fund to learn how treatment can be improved for uterine cancers.
The Goizueta Institute @Emory Brain Health and Emory Healthcare are collaborating with digital health company Linus Health to implement innovative digital cognitive assessments for primary care patients.
Can hearing loss be reversed? Research reveals clues that could regrow the cells that help us hear.
Working together, Yale undergraduate Chase Brownstein and Professor Thomas Near have published three peer-reviewed studies of “living fossil” fish lineages.
Findings can spark future evaluation of language development outcomes for at-risk children of depressed mothers.