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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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Researchers at BU's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories are using the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to study diseases like dengue, West Nile, and Zika in an insectary.
During experiments in animal models, researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a possible new approach to immunization against Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Nontraditional 9/11 emergency workers express greater suicidal ideation than police and other first responders, Rutgers study finds
NSF supports an ongoing research project at the University of California, Irvine evaluating the effect of Russia's invasion on the mental health of Americans.
A Boston University study of COVID in the lung suggests 11 “protection-defining genes” may help many avoid worst symptoms