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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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Two Washington University researchers have devised a computational model that helps farmers select the best seeds for a variety of planting conditions.
The ability to mobilize, from outside the body, targeted cancer immunotherapy inside the body has taken a step closer to becoming reality.
A University of Pittsburgh research team has found that policies that expand access to providers across health care systems may have unintended, negative consequences for veterans.
Researchers have developed a device that combines image-processing goggles and tiny silicon chips implanted in the retina to restore vision.