September 16, 2025 — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USANew research published in PLOS Biology reveals that several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes previously linked to social behavior in humans. According to Ian Traniello and colleagues, these findings point to ancient molecular roots of social behavior that have been conserved across species. Understanding Individual Differences in Sociability In social species, individuals display varying levels of sociability — some are highly connected and…
Snyder, a graduate sociology student in the University of Virginia's Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, will present his paper, “The Professionalized Body:…
New research by University of Notre Dame Sociologist Elizabeth Aura McClintock shows that when married or cohabiting men are employed in heavily female…
Climate change is already affecting the spread of infectious diseases–and human health and biodiversity worldwide–according to disease ecologists reporting…
Some adolescents who suffer with symptoms of depression also may be at risk for developing anxiety, according to a new study of children’s mental health.The…
The research appears in the August 13, 2013, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “These tests also…
Most of that methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming our atmosphere, is likely consumed by biological activity in the…
Cells must be mobile in order for organisms to grow, to heal, to transmit information internally, to mount immune responses and to conduct a host of other…
Lower-performing students received resources geared toward improving their academic performance, said study author Natasha Yurk, a doctoral student in the…
Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that the treatment is a promising alternative for…
“We found that an emotionally close grandparent-adult grandchild relationship was associated with fewer symptoms of depression for both generations,” said Sara…
“This is the first time ever that a stringently controlled associational birth cohort study has looked at and found a relationship between too much toddler…
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, one of the first questions the parents ask is “Will my other children get cancer?” A new study from Huntsman Cancer…
The study involved 60 people with an average age of 73 who did not have dementia. The participants drank two cups of hot cocoa per day for 30 days and did not…
Researchers in Taiwan have discovered that people with sleep apnea are far more likely to develop glaucoma compared to those without the sleep condition. The…
People with spinal cord injury often are immune compromised, which makes them more susceptible to infections. Why these people become immune-suppressed is not…
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), UC Berkeley researchers scanned the brains of 23 healthy young adults, first after a normal night’s sleep…
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