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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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Fasting before getting your blood drawn for cholesterol tests is common practice, but new research from Michigan State University shows it is a contributing factor of low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, in patients who take diabetes medications.
The dramatic decrease in mortality from heart attack in recent decades is not evident in younger age groups, especially younger women, according to a new study.
Researchers at Stanford and the University of Oregon discovered that virtual reality (VR) can be a powerful tool for improving environmental learning gains and attitudes.
USC scientists have demonstrated a theoretical method to enhance the performance of quantum computers, an important step to scale a technology with potential to solve some of society’s biggest challenges.
University of Michigan engineering researchers have devised a way to unlock greater amounts of data from acoustic fields by essentially turning down the pitch of sound waves.