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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 have discovered a novel treatment for reducing seizure activity in the brains of rodents, a discovery they hope might one day help people living with epilepsy.
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The antimicrobial triclosan, widely used in household products like toothpaste and soap, may help treat cystic fibrosis, researchers say.
Texas A&M School of Public Health researchers recent health data to determine whether psychological distress such as depression affects the use of preventive care by adults over 65.
Of all the risk factors associated with low birth weight, a mother’s teenage smoking habit is by far the strongest observed, according to a recent study at the University of California, Irvine.
Researchers at Texas A&M University discovered a way to help alleviate an increasing harmful algal bloom issue occurring across the United States.