Science & Medicine

Atlanta -- The U.S. Geological Survey says the September flooding that inundated the Atlanta area was so extreme, scientists say the data are stunning.

Tel Aviv -- Israeli researchers say they are trying to discover biological markers that can predict a person's response to antidepressants.

Columbus -- U.S. researchers say they have drilled two of the longest ice cores ever taken from the Peruvian Andes.

Philadelphia -- U.S. medical scientists have issued new guidelines for analyzing the radiation dose delivered to the prostrate and nearby organs in brachytherapy procedures.

Seattle -- A U.S. medical researcher says he has determined two commonly used statins have different drug and cell dependent effects in the brain.

Chicago -- Simvastatin, a widely used cholesterol-reducing drug, may halt the progression of Parkinson's disease, researchers in Chicago said.

Columbus -- Ohio State University scientists say they have identified how motions of an enzyme are related to correctly copying genetic instructions.

Los Alamos -- U.S. scientists say they're using the world's fastest supercomputer in an effort to create the world's largest human immunodeficiency virus evolutionary tree.

Rochester -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered how the naked mole rat -- the only known animal that never develops cancer -- defends itself against tumor development.

Geneva -- Scientists have quietly moved to power up the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland for a second time, officials say.