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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 at UNC and Duke University have established the most realistic experimental system to date for testing the mechanical properties of mucus in airway diseases, including COPD and asthma, that affect millions of people in the United States.
Researchers from the University of California, Davis have identified a healthy personality prototype using 30 facets of five personality traits: neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.
Researchers say measuring how fast you walk is another indicator of your current health.
An innovative, cost-effective program at more than a dozen hospitals in Western New York provides medication-assisted treatment to opioid use disorder patients in emergency departments (EDs) and rapidly transitions them into long-term treatment at a community clinic.
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Researchers from Michigan State University, Washington University in St. Louis and Kenyon College examined evidence from a number of studies to determine the repeatability of evolution.