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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 blood test for pregnant women detects with 75-80 percent accuracy whether their pregnancies will end in premature birth. The technique can also be used to estimate a fetus’s gestational age — or the mother’s due date — as reliably as and less expensively than ultrasound.
This summer, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and a dozen other research universities will conduct the country‘s largest indoor air quality and surface chemistry experiment aimed at identifying the key causes of indoor air pollution.
Researchers have developed an online tool that helps people who care for those with dementia by helping them anticipate and respond to the behavioral and psychological symptoms of the illness.
Kentucky, New Mexico, Tennessee and New York have significantly reduced opioid dosages, according to a new University of Michigan study.
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What medical doctors wear may matter more than most doctors — or even patients — might think, say the researchers behind the largest-ever study of patient preferences for doctors’ attire.