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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 surgical treatment commonly used to reduce seizures in those with adult epilepsy is also effective and safe for children, according to a Rutgers study.
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USC is aiming for clearer skies by going carbon neutral by 2025.
Using artificial intelligence, UB researchers developed a model that could support the assessment of drug therapies and help clinicians develop more effective treatments for complex, chronic disease
Kansas researchers find the increase in gas prices as a result of the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack to be far less than initially reported.
UW experts showed that while overall pollutant concentrations have decreased since 1990, people of color are still more likely to suffer from pollution disparities, regardless of income level, across the continental United States.