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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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Study first to use new dataset to show gender differences in scientific attribution
To combat “hypermutated” strains of deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded the University at Buffalo a $4 million grant to study the underlying mechanisms by which rapidly acquired mutations interfere with antimicrobial therapies and develop new treatment strategies to combat these deadly infections.
Four Stony Brook University departments received GAANN awards to further graduate student research, assisting underrepresented biomedical engineering students.
Climate change might be behind an unusual disease outbreak among Antarctic fish, according to University of Oregon experts.
In a June 13 announcement, the FDA approved a treatment for severe alopecia areata with roots at Yale University.