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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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Could a healthy diet spare people who have an Alzheimer’s gene from developing the disease? USC researchers suggest the issue deserves more study.
University of Minnesota (UMN) researchers are converting scum, a white, muddy byproduct produced in wastewater treatment facilities, into high-quality biodiesel.
Vanderbilt University researchers believe a drug originally designed for rheumatoid arthritis may be the first drug to treat calcification of heart valves.
As the climate warms globally, residential consumers could face increases in electricity bills of 12 percent, and commercial consumers could see increases of 9 percent, according to Boston University researchers.
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Cancer research led by University of Minnesota engineers could have a major impact on therapies to prevent the spread of cancer.