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…
About half of a small group of patients with fibromyalgia – a common syndrome that causes chronic pain and other symptoms – was found to have damage to nerve…
This study, led by Masayo Takahashi M.D., Ph. D. of the Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, and conducted in…
The authors belong to a multidisciplinary, international team led by Dr. Maddalena Barba, researcher at the Regina Elena National Cancer Institute of Rome,…
Student Todd Murphy teamed with UAH atmospheric science professor Dr. Kevin Knupp to make one of the first comprehensive analyses of cold season supercells…
Patients sometimes opt not to take medicines, for instance, because the side effects are unbearable or the dosing regimens are too complicated. But medical…
Fewer states are holding alcohol retailers liable for harms caused by customers who were served illegally, according to a new report from researchers at…
The finding – focusing on a program in New York termed Assisted Outpatient Commitment, or “Kendra's Law” – provides a key piece of information in the ongoing…
They report their knowledge of the health risks as very good whereas abstainers rate themselves as poorer in this respect. Preventive measures that are solely…
A new study, conducted by David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, shows that, even as life expectancy has increased over the past two…
That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. This and other studies like it…
Many drugs such as agents for cancer or autoimmune diseases have nasty side effects because while they kill disease-causing cells, they also affect healthy…
The challenges for women with CAD are outlined in a paper in this month's edition of Global Heart, the journal of the World Heart Federation. The paper, titled…
The task itself is relatively simple — sorting cards printed with colored shapes first by color, and then by shape. But the switch from color to shape can be…
“Whereas oral communication tends to be instantaneous (one person says something and then another responds almost immediately), written conversations tend to…
Loneliness may cause materialism, but the opposite is not necessarily true, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. “It is widely…
The results of a study of 6 years of California patient records were published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine (“Potential Misdiagnoses of…
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