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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 finds that the college years are a time of increased risk of stressful events and a wide range of accompanying mental health challenges, including the risk of suicide.
Engineers and physicians at USC and the University of California, San Francisco have discovered how mood variations can be translated, or decoded, from neural signals in a person’s brain — a process that has not been demonstrated before.
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Scientists in the USC Stem Cell laboratory have collaborated with colleagues to offer new insights on how gene activity drives the development of cartilage.
Researchers have engineered a nanoparticle that can sneak a targeted drug into a kidney and avoid elimination.
An international research team has identified a system of communication networks that exists among organs and tissues that regulate metabolism.