Highlighted in
Education

Social Sciences
4 mins read

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…

Read more

All News

Studies and Analyses

Brain Imaging Reveals Key Differences in Bipolar Disorder and ADHD

The study is published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.PBD and ADHD are very severe developmental…

Studies and Analyses

It's Hard to Bring Down the Electric Grid

Members of Congress were, of course, concerned. Then, a similar paper came out in the journal Nature the next month that presented a model of how a cascade of…

Studies and Analyses

Pediatric ATV-Related Hospitalizations Surge Over 150%

Over a nine- year period (1997-2006) hospitalizations for ATV injuries increased 150 percent among youth younger than 18 years, with important demographic…

Studies and Analyses

Tackling Noise: New Computational Model by Empa’s Experts

Working together with an international project team, Empa’s acoustic specialists have developed a computer model which allows them to calculate noise levels…

Studies and Analyses

New Research: Enjoy Potatoes While Losing Weight

Research just released by the University of California, Davis and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology…

Studies and Analyses

Microscopic solutions to world's biggest problems

Prof. Verstraete will explain how his team have developed a new anaerobic digestion reactor which can generate as much electricity as 25 wind turbines. These…

Studies and Analyses

URMC Study Confirms Benefits of Breast-Healthy Lifestyle

The University of Rochester Medical Center study, published online Oct. 12, 2010, by the journal Breast Cancer Research, is good news for women who have a…

Studies and Analyses

Population Trends Shape Climate Change: New Insights Unveiled

The research, appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was conducted by an international team of scientists from the National…

Studies and Analyses

Exposure to Night Light Linked to Obesity in Mice Study

Researchers found that mice exposed to a relatively dim light at night over eight weeks had a body mass gain that was about 50 percent more than other mice…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Dogs Can Experience Pessimism

A study has gained new insight into the minds of dogs, discovering that those that are anxious when left alone also tend to show 'pessimistic' like behaviour.The research by academics at the University of Bristol, and funded by the RSPCA is published in Current Biology tomorrow (12 October). The study provides an important insight into dogs' emotions, and enhances our understanding of why behavioural responses to separation occur. …

Studies and Analyses

Infertility Rates in Women with Epilepsy: New Study Insights

The study of women in India found that women with epilepsy experienced infertility at more than twice the rate of that found in the general population. The…

Studies and Analyses

Study Shows Factors Affecting Molecule Motion in Cells

The findings suggest that perturbations caused by hydrodynamic interactions – similar to what happens when the wake from a large boat affects smaller boats on…

Studies and Analyses

New Microscopy Concept Enhances Visibility in Foggy Conditions

It’s a familiar situation for all car drivers. In the autumn, when the roads are foggy, visibility drops below 50 metres. The light of the car’s headlights are…

Studies and Analyses

New Rehabilitation Therapy Helps Stroke Survivors Reintegrate

Researchers at The University of Nottingham are leading a national research project that will look at whether a new way of offering rehabilitation therapy…

Studies and Analyses

It Is Good To Have Friends in Business

Business clusters is a hot term in the debate on value creation. The thought is for the social networks between the different actors in a cluster to contribute…

Studies and Analyses

Young people with mental health problems at risk of falling through ‘gap’ in care services

A team led by Professor Swaran Singh at Warwick Medical School looked at the transition from child mental health services to adult mental health services and…

Feedback