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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 suggests, for the first time in women over age 70, that working up a sweat can reduce the influence one’s genes have on obesity.
A new study led by a multi-institutional research team, including the University of Maryland and Purdue University, sheds new light on how the food we eat can affect the biochemical signaling processes in the gut microbiome.
Michigan State University researcher Cheryl Anderson has found a better way for veteran surgeons to provide feedback to their aspiring surgeon counterparts during their residencies.
A USC study shows the brain’s plumbing system serves double duty, flushing waste and channeling a hunger molecule that tells you when you should eat.
Researchers have identified three new distinct breast epithelial cell populations, a discovery that could aid in understanding the origins of breast cancer and lead to improved early cancer detection.