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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 tool developed at the University of Michigan recommends the number of prescription pain pills for 11 common operations.
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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.
MIT research suggests a different approach to improving the efficiency of reverse osmosis and reducing the rate of fouling in desalination plants.
Researchers at Boston University and Boston Medical Center (BMC) are working on a depression-prevention technique that has significantly reduced depression symptoms in at-risk mothers.
A UMD-led research team has developed a predictive model that can warn of dangerous drops in blood pressure before these occur in intensive care units.