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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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Genetic study of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans from the University at Buffalo points to the importance of ‘balancing selection’ in evolution.
A recent excavation in Israel unearthed the earliest example of cranial surgery in the Ancient Near East, and potentially one of the oldest examples of leprosy in the world.
Researchers from the University of Kansas are helping to build an international, multidisciplinary center to monitor pathogens in wild mammals and act as an early warning system for pandemic prediction and prevention.
Scientists at UC Irvine have demonstrated that E. coli can be used as a live sensor to detect heavy metal contamination in water.
Two new studies from the University at Buffalo build knowledge about how stem cells work, which could lead to new drugs for diseases related to aging.