Month: August 2012

Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day doubles the risk of a potentially fatal brain…

Standard head movements made while exposed to one of the three electromagnetic fields produced by…

In a Physics World special report on Japan, Dennis Normile reports on how the Japanese…

Despite nearly three decades of conflict, Sri Lanka has succeeded in reducing malaria cases by…

One of the largest studies to look at the effect of induced abortions on a…

When Thomas Edison tested the first light bulb in 1879, he could never have imagined…

Scientists are closer to establishing a definitive bacterial cause for the skin condition rosacea. This…

Mayo Clinic recently marked its first births resulting from in vitro fertilization using a new…

Benzene occurs infrequently in California public supply wells and comes predominantly from naturally occurring petroleum…

Strong winds and storm surge from Hurricane Isaac’s landfall forced the Mississippi River to flow…