A new study suggests that venture capitalists rarely consider the business plan when deciding whether to invest in a new company.

VOA: special.2009.06.26

One sign of hope is a new way to make the natural defenses of mosquitoes resistant to the Plasmodium parasite.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

He proposed a new civil service system that would let ability -- not politics -- decide who got government jobs.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

A new report in the journal Global Change Biology says the ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands has changed forever.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

Last week, a study was released about a new treatment that combines five medicines for heart disease in one pill.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

That November, supporters of a new religious leader in Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, captured the United States embassy in Tehran.

VOA: special.2010.09.25

A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

A new report says the number of foreign students in the United States reached a record high in two thousand eight.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

He attended the opening of a new burial place for the Union soldiers who had died in the great battle there.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

The wind came again. Finally,the men heard a new sound C the sound of waves breaking and crashing on the shore.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Digging at Pit Ninety-One was recently suspended in order to pay closer to attention to a new discovery called Project Twenty-Three.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Post war prosperity also led Americans to replace outdated home appliances, buy a new refrigerator, or a television set.

VOA: special.2011.07.21

Non-native English speakers take the test to demonstrate their English skills when seeking a new job or a promotion.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

That bill would not create an independent consumer agency, but instead a new office at the Federal Reserve, the central bank.

VOA: special.2010.04.16