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Shared Genetic Mechanisms Link Social Behavior in Bees and Humans

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…

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Breakthrough for more efficient drug development

The study, published today in the prestigious journal Angewandte Chemie, presents the concept of a tiny polypeptide consisting of 42 amino acids to which…

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Sharks’ Color Blindness: New Insights From Recent Research

Sharks are unable to distinguish colors, even though their close relatives rays and chimaeras have some color vision, according to new research by Dr. Nathan…

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ESMT MBA Launches New Sustainability and Tech Management Tracks

Germany’s business school ESMT European School of Management and Technology has strengthened the emphasis placed on technology management and sustainable…

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PolyU Study Reveals Insights on HK Motorcyclist Behavior

A pioneering study conducted by scholar of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) showed that accident-involved motorcyclists had a tendency for…

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Study Reveals Insights on Big Breakfast Benefits and Myths

Dr Volker Schusdziarra, from the Else-Kröner-Fresenius Center of Nutritional Medicine, conducted a study on over 300 people who were asked to keep a journal of…

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How Organic Milk Can Mitigate Climate Change Effects

Researchers found milk collected during a particularly poor UK summer and the following winter had significantly higher saturated fat content and far less…

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Improving Online Safety: Protecting Children from Abuse

Marie Eneman of the Department of Applied Information Technology has studied in her thesis how information technology is used for child pornography and…

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Adipose Tissue Changes Linked to Diabetes Risk in PCOS

“We already know that women with PCOS often have insulin resistance, in other words the body’s cells are less sensitive to insulin, and are at greater risk of…

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Climate Disasters: New Study Explores How People Respond

Dr. Sara Alexander, an applied social anthropologist at Baylor who conducts much of her research in Central America, studied different households in several…

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Children’s Resilience After Hurricanes: Insights from New Study

The study, titled “Hurricane-Related Exposure Experiences and Stressors, Other Life Events, and Social Support: Concurrent and Prospective Impact on Children's…

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Preoperative Breast MRI Boosts Cancer Detection Rates

The study was performed at the University of Washington and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in Seattle, WA. The review initiated with 592 patients who were…

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Corruption’s Impact on Earthquake Fatalities Worldwide

Authored by Professor Nicholas Ambraseys of the Imperial College of London and Professor Roger Bilham of the University Colorado at Boulder, the study also…

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“Liquid Pistons” Could Drive New Advances in Camera Lenses and Drug Delivery

A few unassuming drops of liquid locked in a very precise game of “follow the leader” could one day be found in mobile phone cameras, medical imaging…

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Feast or famine: Researchers identify leptin receptor's sidekick as a target for appetite regulation

A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida and Washington University School of Medicine adds a new twist to the body of evidence suggesting…

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Poker-Faced Professions: The Hidden Toll on Employee Wellbeing

Employees who have to maintain a neutral disposition while they are on the clock tend to spend more energy to meet that requirement; therefore, they have less…

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Looking good on greens

The research, which showed that instead of heading for the sun the best way to look good is to munch on carrots and tomatoes, has been published in the Journal…

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