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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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Researchers from the University of Utah have unveiled Lokiceratops rangiformis, a newly discovered species of horned dinosaur, at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
An interdisciplinary study led by researchers at the University of South Florida and Indiana University has uncovered significant findings on the long-term effects of one of the most common forms of chemotherapy on cancer survivors.
Government agencies, insurance companies and disaster planners rely on national flood risk models from the private sector that aren’t reliable at smaller levels such as neighborhoods and individual properties, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine.
The first compound targeting Fatty Acid Binding Proteins (FABPs) for cancer-related pain & inflammation, developed through a Stony Brook research collaboration, has been cleared by the FDA for human trials.
Assessment of the 2021 Haiti earthquake and its response can serve as a model for evaluating future disasters and making life-saving improvements, according to new research from a University of Notre Dame.