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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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New research from the University of Kansas finds that most of the US markets have ample housing in total, but nearly all lack enough units affordable to very low-income households.
Supercomputers at UT Austin are helping scientists advance breast cancer research by providing extensive computational resources, aiding in more personalized and effective treatment strategies and potentially improving survival rates of breast cancer patients.
Patients diagnosed with PTSD can experience symptoms that include under-expression of emotions, such as numbness, as well as over-expression, such as rage outbursts, according to a new Yale study.
A viral gene therapy developed by University at Buffalo researchers has reversed some brain abnormalities in infant mice with FOXG1 syndrome.
Location, race and insurance status play a significant part in the odds of a patient being diagnosed with early-stage or late-stage cancer, according to a detailed medical records analysis of more than 94,000 patients with cancer by researchers at Johns Hopkins.