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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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A new study at Michigan State University provides further evidence that a simple scratch-and-sniff test could predict Parkinson’s disease even earlier than previously thought.
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A Stanford University study found that when choosing between two products online, people tend to favor products with more reviews even when the more-reviewed product is inferior.
Wildlife loss and climate change will likely lead to an increase in ticks that carry certain fevers, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous tissue during surgery.
UCLA biologists have developed an intervention that serves as a cellular time machine — turning back the clock on a key component of aging.