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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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University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have joined a national network of Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs).
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A USC event targeting African-American seniors looks more like a TV show than an academic lecture. Experts are using text messages, too, to help teach about Alzheimer's disease.
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Travis Hagey, Michigan State University evolutionary biologist, shows how different groups of lizards – geckos and anoles – took two completely different evolutionary paths to developing the beneficial trait of sticky toe pads.
Stanford University chemists have developed a better way to synthesize a hard-to-acquire compound that holds promise for treating some of the world’s nastiest diseases, including cancer.
Facebook data for advertisers can serve as a more current source of census information, especially about migrants, according to a University of Washington study.