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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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Researchers at @UTAustin have developed a new type of stretchable electronic skin that maintains its sensing accuracy regardless of how much it is stretched.
Researchers at Notre Dame have identified a significant increase in "politically memes" on social media was a predictor of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Research from Johns Hopkins reveals that food insecurity among adolescents is more prevalent than among younger children, leading to severe consequences such as poor academic performance and mental health issues.
Research from Johns Hopkins aims to identify early indicators of dementia through changes in movement and sleep patterns.
A team of University of Miami scientists spent weeks in the Arctic region studying marine cold-air outbreaks and how the clouds they produce may be interacting with the rapidly warming Arctic.