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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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Research from a Carnegie Mellon expert showed the world could lose as much as 41% of its total glacier mass this century — or as little as 26% — depending on today's climate change mitigation efforts.
Research on fungi underway at the University of Kansas and USC has helped transform tough-to-recycle plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean into key components for making pharmaceuticals.
A previously unknown component of brain anatomy acts as both a protective barrier and platform from which immune cells monitor the brain for infection and inflammation, according to University of Rochester experts.
Adults experiencing long COVID may be interested in a new University at Buffalo clinical trial that is testing low-dose lithium as a potential treatment.
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University of Missouri researcher finds APRNs (advance practice registered nurses) are often overlooked, underutilized in nursing homes.