Month: June 2012

In cities, the presence of algae, lichens, and mosses is not considered desirable and they…

An international randomized study finds intermittent androgen-deprivation therapy has some quality-of-life benefits, but overall survival…

A new medication proved effective in slowing the spread of metastatic prostate cancer, while helping…

Scientists are testing experimental drugs aimed at restoring the immune system’s ability to spot and…

The hearing impaired may soon have an easier time communicating with those who do not…

By using a laser microbeam technology called optical tweezers, researchers have uncovered fundamental properties of…

Many wild plant species thought to be “stable” in the face of climate change are…

The term “holiday heart syndrome” was coined in a 1978 study to describe patients with…

Ah, June. It marks the end of school, the start of summer … and the…

A Venus transit across the face of the sun is a relatively rare event —…