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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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Johns Hopkins University researchers explain how unexplainable plot lines in holiday classics like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and A Christmas Carol just might be (almost) (possibly) possible.
David Kass, the Abraham and Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, explains The Grinch’s heart condition.
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing an artificial, robotic small intestine for use in medical laboratories.
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that fewer than 5 percent of people referred for opioid treatment from the criminal justice system were directed to medication-assisted programs, which are widely considered the most effective way to manage opioid abuse and reduce instances of overdose.
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Researchers have made significant progress in detecting and treating bacterial biofilms by developing new chemical compounds, materials, and microsystems that can fight sources of postoperative infections.