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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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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
Research from University of Rochester documents for the first time the pollution of public water supplies caused by shale gas development, commonly known as fracking, and its negative impact of infant health.
Brown researchers found that significantly fewer people lost postpartum insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.
The University at Buffalo has been selected by the Department of Defense (DoD) to lead a $7.5 million project to develop new concepts for precision testing of important qualities of semiconductor chips.