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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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Curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric, may be able to reverse some of the effects of Gulf War illness (GWI), according to a new study.
Scientists have discovered a protein that allows plants to grow with significantly less water.
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Countries that simply possess deadly, armed drones could change an adversary’s behavior without even striking them, according to a Stanford political scientist.
High school students can make a major impact on their schoolmates’ understanding of depression, and their attitudes about seeking help for themselves or others, according to a new study.
UCLA researchers have engineered a type of synthetic protein that shows great promise for helping the body’s immune system seek out and destroy cancer.