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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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Researchers are working on a radically different way to help people with arthritis: creating living joint replacements from the patient’s own cells and then programming those cells to fight an arthritis recurrence.
New research suggests that vision and reaction tests resembling video games can help identify baseball's best hitters.
A Northwestern University professor has developed the world's smallest wearable device to precisely measure a person’s exposure to UV light from the sun.
Researchers have identified a new chemical pathway that helps the brain detect sweet, savory and bitter flavors.
Researchers are trying to take the bite out of disease-spreading mosquitoes by incapacitating their biting gene.