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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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A jagged little protein appears to be key to how cancer stem cells differentiate and enable metastasis, according to researchers at Rice University and the Duke University School of Medicine.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine have found the genetic basis for Bulldogs’ appearance and linked it to a rare inherited syndrome in humans.
Social scientists from Michigan State University are identifying risk factors linked to sexual violence in young women’s first relationships in life.
Newborn genomic sequencing identifies risk for childhood-onset disorders, including highly actionable conditions, in 9.4 percent of infants, researchers say.
The number of children in the United States diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder may be significantly higher than previously thought, according to a new University of Iowa analysis.