“These glasses are unique to Australia and have recorded an ancient impact event we did not even know about,” Professor Jourdan said.
The discovery focuses on rare natural glass called tektites, which form when a meteorite hits Earth…
“Particularly in the early days, people said, ‘This is just a rotating chair,’ and ‘Why has nobody thought of this before?’ But often the simplest ideas are the best.”
The old way of doing things required gantries that could weigh up to…
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that they have identified how mammalian brains build intricate networks of tiny tubes that move toxins in and out of brain cells, much like pneumatic tubes send items through systems in factories and stores.
Their experiments, which used genetically…
In a series of experiments using mouse models of breast, pancreatic, and muscle cancers, scientists at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital uncovered new evidence that strengthening the body’s natural immune defenses can both prevent cancer from returning and improve survival rates.
The…
AI Agents at UChicago Medicine
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UChicago Medicine is putting AI in the front lines to change how patients reach help. Today, human agents answer millions of calls. Many ask for directions, refills, or a basic schedule tweak. The process is full of inefficiencies, delays, and opportunities to…
Teri Mills, her husband, and their grandkids.
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Teri Mills still vividly remembers the paper cups with the sugar cubes.
In the U.S. in the early 1960s, one way to administer the oral polio vaccine was dropping it onto sugar. Mills was one of the many children who queued up around her…
Patients with chikungunya are hospitalized following infection.
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New York health officials recently confirmed the state’s first locally-acquired case of chikungunya virus, marking the first such case in the United States since 2019. The case, identified in Nassau County on…
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A new study examined how muscles respond to weight training when people eat different types of pork afterward. Researchers compared high-fat and lean ground pork burgers that contained the same amount of protein to see how each affected short-term muscle growth. The results surprised the team…
A new randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial suggests that a single round of low-dose radiation therapy could offer a safe and effective alternative for people suffering from painful knee osteoarthritis.
Participants with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis experienced notable pain…