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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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RNA-targeting CRISPR reveals that hundreds of noncoding RNAs are essential—not “junk”— including in human development and cancer
Researchers introduce a biomarker to indicate whether someone is struggling with the inflexible thinking associated with the disorder.
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A research team led by Diane Hoffman-Kim, an associate professor of neuroscience and engineering at Brown, found a way to use cortical spheroids to study a type of brain injury that develops over time.
Pieces of the asteroid Bennu, collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, are being studied at Brown as part of an effort to better understand the solar system’s early history and the origins of materials necessary for life on Earth.
The University of South Florida has been selected as a partner in the newly funded $15 million National Science Foundation Southeast I-Corps Hub, an initiative that will advance innovation and entrepreneurship across the southeast.