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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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Children, teens and young adults are at greater risk for severe complications from COVID-19 than previously thought and those with underlying health conditions are at even greater risk, according to a study coauthored by a Rutgers researcher.
Computer-aided research aimed at drug discovery to combat COVID-19 is being coordinated through Stony Brook University’s Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology.
Patients silenced by COVID-19 now have a voice thanks to a new initiative at Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH)
A construction project manager at Ohio State University called to service supporting the Mid-Ohio Foodbank distributing food throughout the region
With the help of cutting-edge imaging technologies, Michigan State researchers developed a reliable model for studying giant viruses and is the first to identify and characterize several key proteins responsible for orchestrating infection.