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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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A new study from NYU discusses the gaps in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) oversight of food additives, highlighting how the FDA allows the food industry to self-regulate many substances deemed "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS).
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have discovered the neurons responsible for “item memory,” deepening our understanding of how the brain stores and retrieves the details of “what” happened and offering a new target for treating Alzheimer’s disease.
BU researchers and collaborators have discovered rocks on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean are producing "dark oxygen" through a process known as seawater electrolysis, challenging the conventional understanding that oxygen is only produced by photosynthetic organisms near the ocean's surface.
A new study from the University of Florida reports the discovery of a star that challenges astronomers’ understanding of star evolution and formation of chemical elements, and could suggest a new stage in their growth cycle.
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The number of sociocultural institutions within ethnic enclaves may play a significant role in positively influencing the health of immigrant Asian American and Hispanic populations, according to recent research led by the University of California, Irvine.