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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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Analysis conducted by NYU and Brown experts of primates shows permanent changes in female bone composition after giving birth, breastfeeding
UCI study shows how decarbonization options would affect health of various communities
The brain works in fundamentally different ways when remembering what we have seen compared to seeing something for the first time and separates that perception from memory, according to New York University researchers.
The study is an example of how brain imaging technology — in this case developed by researchers at Brown University — can be adapted to advance knowledge of brain processes and prompt new questions about behavior.
Researchers at Yale University are investigating the genetic causes of Parkinson's disease.