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…
Research published this month by Joan Meyers-Levy, a professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, and author of the…
Adults fluent in English whose first language is Chinese retrieve their native language when reading in English, according to new research in the June 2 issue…
Poker players are using drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, Valium, and other prescription medications, as well as substances including caffeine,…
The findings are published in the May issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.The HPV vaccine prevents four strains of the sexually transmitted…
“It's not age, it's cognition that makes the difference in decision-making,” said Scott Huettel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of psychology and neuroscience and…
Smokers who refrain from using tobacco during the six-week period following emergency surgery for an acute fracture heal more quickly and experience fewer…
Making food choices based on television advertising results in a very imbalanced diet according to a new study comparing the nutritional content of food…
The findings, which appear online Monday ahead of print in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, open the door to providing a more…
The odds of surviving cardiac arrest may depend on which part of town you call home and whether anyone in the neighborhood comes to your rescue by attempting…
Alcohol-impaired driving and associated motor-vehicle accidents are a major public-health problem. National studies have shown that approximately 25 percent of…
In a recently published study, Szeman says the main assumption among scientists—that with knowledge comes behavioural change—is proving to be an ineffective…
A published report provides the final details on how two stroke-prevention procedures are safe and equally beneficial for men and women at risk for stroke,…
In the study, published in the current issue of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's arts and sciences journal Leonardo, UBC researcher Steve DiPaola…
Electronic tagging and fisheries catch data have revealed pronounced differences in preferred habitat of Atlantic bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna in the Gulf…
“There is a misconception that the overall increase of cesarean births is the result of maternal request,” says lead author Gillian Hanley, a PhD student in…
A study of undergraduates in a five-year Brazilian forestry program finds that what students perceive as important change as they progress through program….
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