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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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Advances in health care and healthier lifestyles mean the life expectancy of Americans is on the rise. Even so, dementia is also on the rise in this country and worldwide.
Researchers from UNC are conducting studies in thee Democratic Republic of the Congo to understand the changing prevalence of drug resistance to malaria.
Researchers from Texas A&M and Carnegie Mellon tested air quality from the Ohio train derailment identified future needs for continued sampling.
A remotely operated underwater vehicle developed by a team from Cornell provides unprecedented views below Antarctic ice shelf.
New research from Washington University finds 38% of children sampled from a rural Mississippi Delta community have parasitic infections. (Photo: Theresa Gildner)