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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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The secret to aging well might be found in gut bacteria, researchers at Emory University say.
In a new study, University at Buffalo researchers have assembled a team of three antibiotics that, together, are capable of killing the first strain of highly resistant E. coli in the United States.
A new MSU study on emergency room patients shows just how much of a role a person’s cholesterol plays, when in a crystallized state, during a heart attack.
Stanford researchers believe that lake sediments preserved within ancient supervolcanoes can host large lithium-rich clay deposits.
Tulane University researchers are investigating the possible results of lead exposure in wildlife.