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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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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6 million, five-year grant to transform two of the most productive crops in America into sustainable sources of biodiesel and biojet fuel.
Energy Sources | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Research to Secure Our Energy Future | University Research
A new study finds that young children see words and faces differently from adults, a finding that could help in understanding how children learn to read.
Scientists are developing a rapid diagnostic test for the Zika virus that uses saliva.
Many opioid abusers switch to heroin because it’s more potent and cheaper. This trend complicates disease prevention because people inject heroin much sooner, potentially resulting in increased risk of injection-related epidemics such as hepatitis C and HIV.
The Crisis | University of Southern California | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | University Research
A USC-led team has archived and shared hundreds of brain scans from stroke patients, which researchers hope will help to forecast which patients will respond to a variety of rehabilitation therapies.
University of Southern California | Brain Injury | Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | University Research