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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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Stony Brook researchers are part of a new NASA Earth Science mission that aims to yield new information about tropical storm clouds during their lifecycles – data that will help scientists better understand and predict the behavior of dangerous tropical storms and address a significant issue of climate change
Cellular study of telaprevir, a drug for hepatitis, shows that the antiviral blocks the function of essential proteins in bacteria, revealing opportunity to repurpose drug to use alongside antibiotics
A UB-led study of ciclesonide was one of the first to look at steroids in patients with mild to moderate disease
New study shows children as young as age 6 develop ideas that girls are less interested than boys in computer science and engineering
University at Buffalo researchers have revealed the biological mechanisms behind a key risk gene that plays a role in a number of brain diseases, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
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