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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 Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) at the University of Pittsburgh helps college students with conditions such as paraplegia, epilepsy and autism transition to careers in machining and engineering, as well as advance their personal and professional development.
One of the two brain-training methods most scientists use in research is significantly better at improving memory and attention, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers.
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.
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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