MIT IDs mechanism behind fear

Medicine & Health / Research

Jul 15, 2007 | 4.7 / 5 (15) | 0

Researchers from MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have uncovered a molecular mechanism that governs the formation of fears stemming from traumatic events. The work could lead to the first drug to treat the ...

Gene discovered for type 1 diabetes in children

Medicine & Health / Genetics

Jul 15, 2007 | 4.8 / 5 (12) | 0

Pediatrics researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and McGill University in Montreal have identified a gene variant that raises a child’s risk for type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes. As investigators ...

Traditional architecture fuel-efficient

Space & Earth / Environment

Jul 15, 2007 | 3.9 / 5 (13) | 0

A study commissioned by a British architectural firm finds traditional buildings are more eco-friendly than modern ones with lots of glass.

Berlin's big dino skeleton back on display

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Jul 15, 2007 | 3.3 / 5 (8) | 0

The world's largest dinosaur skeleton went on display this week at Berlin's renovated natural history museum.

Potential new target for cancer found

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Jul 15, 2007 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

By bypassing a well-known gene implicated in almost one-third of all cancers and instead focusing on the protein activated by the gene, Duke University Medical Center researchers believe they may have found a new target for ...

Outwitting pesky parasites

Biology /

Jul 15, 2007 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Across the southern United States, an invisible, yet deadly parasite known as the root-knot nematode is crippling soybean crops. While plant breeders are racing to develop cultivars resistant to the root-knot nematode, they ...