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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While radiation therapy is common after breast conserving surgery, it's much less frequent after mastectomy, even among women for whom it would have clear…
A new study by the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of E20 fuel, which blends 20 percent…
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The University of Gothenburg is involved in a new EU project that sets out to explore how businesses and organisations can best utilise the competence of older…
Over the years, media has had many reasons to address the issue of care and support to people with mental illnesses. The Swedish mental hospitals have been…
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At the request of the EU, researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have looked at the risk of “chemical cocktails” and have proposed a number of…
A new study from University of Utah psychologists found a small group of people with an extraordinary ability to multitask: Unlike 97.5 percent of those…
Now a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has contradicted a leading theory, which held that the animals moved their heads so…
Northwestern University researchers have found that even before infants begin to speak, words play an important role in their cognition. For 3-month-old…
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“Educationally relevant health disparities” are key drivers of the achievement gap, “but they are largely overlooked,” said Charles Basch, the Richard March…
The study, which appears in the April 2010 edition of the journal Addiction, was conducted by Jonathan Howland, professor of community health sciences at BUSPH…
Facelifts and other wrinkle-reducing procedures have long been sought by people wanting to ward off the signs of aging, but new research suggests that it takes…