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…
Forest mortality due to drought and heat stress is expected to increase due to climate change. Although research has focused on isolated incidents of forest…
Infants who were prenatally diagnosed with congenital heart disease (CHD) are more stable and have better outcomes than infants who were diagnosed after birth….
A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others in 12-step programs furthers their time sober,…
Higher education leaders from 15 countries agreed today on a set of principles to guide the preparation of graduate students for the demands of the global…
The Institute announced four days after the start of its interactive Internet educational platform www.openhpi.de that in Germany alone there are 6,000…
People who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder relive their traumatic experiences in the form of flashbacks and nightmares – and in childhood, also in…
Be warned, popularity may cause lung cancer, heart disease, and emphysema.New research from the University of Southern California (USC) and University of Texas…
Being the last one picked for the team, getting left out of the clique of cool girls, having no one to sit with at lunch… For children, social exclusion can…
But the reality is very different, according to a University of Michigan researcher who is studying inequality across generations around the world.“Especially…
The study, published online ahead of print in the journal ACS Chemical Biology September 4, 2012, focuses on tremor ataxia syndrome, which usually affects men…
Data collected from GPS collars on more than 100 male and female elk in southwestern Alberta showed U of A researchers the study population could be divided…
Biologic therapies developed in the last decade for rheumatoid arthritis are not associated with an increased risk of cancer when compared with traditional…
Is there a “gender gap” in the views of professional economists? A new national study finds that while most economists agree on core economic concepts, values…
The research was reported online on Sep. 4 in the journal Advanced Materials and Vanderbilt has applied for a patent on the combination. “This combination…
The study, published in Nano Today, was carried out in the laboratory of Peixuan Guo, the William S. Farish Endowed Chair in Nanobiotechnology at the UK Markey…
“Numerous studies have shown a link between type 2 diabetes and brain shrinkage and dementia, but we haven’t known much about whether people with blood sugar…
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