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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 brain can detect an object’s value almost as soon as we see it, according to a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a radioisotope-based drug, Lutathera® to treat certain types of tumors that can occur in the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas.
Older persons who have acquired positive beliefs about aging from their surrounding culture are less likely to develop dementia, a new study shows.
A growing body of research indicates air pollution leads to societal ills, such as higher crime rates.
Researchers have discovered a novel gene that helps understand the mechanism of survival of cryptococcus neoformans, a fungal pathogen, in various host conditions.