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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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UC San Diego scientists are using remote sensing to create detailed maps of groundwater resources in the San Joaquin Valley and to determine when and where groundwater in the region is being recharged.
The University of Illinois System has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for covidSHIELD, its innovative saliva-based COVID-19 test that was used on the U of I campuses to hold the virus in check by utilizing widespread testing with rapid results.
A new study led by neurobiologists at the University of California San Diego and their colleagues can help form the basis for improving therapeutic strategies for precise symptoms of Parkinson’s at various levels of disease progression.
Researchers from UC San Diego have found that experimental therapies that block an enzyme produced by parasites causing heart disease may also be effective in treating COVID-19.
On Feb. 14, 2021, the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), the first mission to Mars led by an Arab nation, released its inaugural image of the red planet in incredible detail. The photo, taken by the mission’s Hope (“Al Amal” in Arabic) probe, showed the red planet at dawn as sunlight moved across the surface—just revealing the edges of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system.