Washington, Sept 26 : A new NASA-supported study has reported that 2007 marked an overall rise in the melting trend over the entire Greenland ice sheet.

More surprising, researchers said, was the fact that melting in high-altitude areas was 150 percent more than average, adding that the amount of snow that had melted this year over Greenland could cover the surface size of the US more than twice.

Washington, Sept 26 : A new research has revealed that Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease, may cause bladder cancer.

HPV is considered the cause of one of the most important sexually transmitted diseases nowadays, and affects both men and women.

Washington, Sept 26 : According to a study focused on non-mass enhancing breast lesions, Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹H MRS) used in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can aid radiologists in diagnosing breast cancer while reducing the number of false-positive results and invasive biopsies.

The study, conducted at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, is published in the October issue of the journal Radiology.

Washington, September 26 : An ophthalmologist at Weill Cornell Medical College has said that restoring vision to cataract patients may be possible by implanting them with the newly developed multi-focal lenses.

“There are no alternatives to surgery, but there are new advances to the restoration process. We have lenses that will allow you to see at a distance as well as read without glasses. There are lenses that can correct astigmatisms. The options have become much-improved in the past couple of years,” said Dr. Calvin Roberts.

Washington: The American Cancer Society has reported that the mortality rate from breast cancer continue to decline over 2% annually, but black women are not seeing the equal benefits as white and Hispanic women.

Hyderabad: The United States Space Research centre NASA aspires to put a man and set up a space civilisation on Mars by 2037. While addressing the 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Michael Griffin, Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said, “We have a long-term plan to put a man on Mars by 2037.”