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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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USC researchers have designed a virtual reality tool that could increase the efficiency of brain scan analysis.
A new, comprehensive survey led by USC scientists shows the Southern California coast harbors some of the world’s highest concentrations of an algal toxin dangerous to wildlife and people who eat local seafood.
Yale researchers have identified racial disparities in the treatment of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain.
A long-term study that tracked how hundreds of species in The Carrizo Plain National Monument fared during the historic drought that struck California from 2012 to 2015 shows surprising winners and losers.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a gene therapy that treats a form of retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that progressively robs people of their night and peripheral vision before blindness develops.