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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 led by a University of Oregon researcher is raising the alarm that physically demanding work in hot temperatures could increase rates of kidney disease in the United States among workers who toil outdoors.
MSU research is revealing how immune cells organize themselves in the epidermis
COVID-19 made unequal access to food worse, an Ohio State study suggests, with low-income people relying more on dollar stores, local grocers
Boston University researchers caution against the use of telemedicine for voice and speech therapy. They say that many popular teleconferencing platforms such as Zoom and Webex use audio enhancements that can impact voice evaluations.
In a new study from University of California San Diego School of Medicine, researchers have confirmed that patients taking statin medications had a 41 percent lower risk of in-hospital death from COVID-19.