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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 new study in animals explores the mystery of why we keep eating when our stomach says we are full.
Stanford scientists have identified the human skeletal stem cell, which could pave the way for regenerative treatments for bone fractures, arthritis and joint injuries.
A program designed at The Ohio State University to reduce harmful stress in cancer patients can be taught to therapists from around the country and implemented at their sites, a new study shows.
USC engineers are working on artificial intelligence that can more accurately predict traffic patterns.
Stanford scientists have measured the human “exposome,” or the particulates, chemicals and microbes that individually swaddle us all, in unprecedented detail.