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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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Some 40 years since CT scans first revealed abnormalities in the brains of schizophrenia patients, international scientists say the disorder is a systemic disruption to the brain’s entire communication system.
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Pregnant women who had low socioeconomic status during childhood and who have poor family social support appear to prematurely age on a cellular level, potentially raising the risk for complications, a new study has found.
A new tool developed at the University of Michigan recommends the number of prescription pain pills for 11 common operations.
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Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are helping children with diabetes attend summer camp without worrying about treatment. They also use the camp to screen family members for Type 1 diabetes and help improve understanding of the disease.
MIT research suggests a different approach to improving the efficiency of reverse osmosis and reducing the rate of fouling in desalination plants.