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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A study recently published in the Journal of Environmental Quality by a team from Cornell University and the University of Illinois-Urbana found that tile…
Certain actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions and thus reduce climate change can also directly improve human health, according to a statement from the…
Children participating in the Better Beginnings, Better Futures (BBBF) project showed improved social and academic functioning. The project also impacted…
An international team of immunologists studying the effects of cannabis have discovered how smoking marijuana can trigger a suppression of the body's immune…
Chronic jet lag alters the brain in ways that cause memory and learning problems long after one's return to a regular 24-hour schedule, according to research…
“Our results showed no difference in IQ scores between the children who were breastfed and those who were not,” says study author Kimford Meador, MD, professor…
They are the largest fish species in the ocean, but the majestic gliding motion of the whale shark is, scientists argue, an astonishing feat of mathematics and…
The findings – published this week in Nature – followed an examination of whether changes in fishery catches reflect changes in the structure of marine food…
A group of scientists from FIZ CHEMIE and the Freie Universität Berlin (FU) are researching into facilities and technologies to support future self-study on…
The Host City Olympic Transportation Plan Downtown Monitoring Study looked at how people got around during the February 12-28 Winter Games, and compared the…
The disagreement among models is mainly due to the different representation of clouds. Some models predict that global mean cloud cover will increase in a…
The researchers were inspired by observing that, for lower-class people, success depends more on how much they can rely on other individuals. For example, if…
A new Mayo Clinic study (http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2008/12/03/brain-tumors-best-treatments-for-long-term-survival/) found that children with low-grade…
A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) finds that high body mass index (BMI) in developing countries remains primarily a problem of the…
A new study by University of California, Riverside scientists of what is believed to be the world’s only hybrid electric tugboat found that the vessel is…
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