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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The novel, brain-inspired computing system BrainScaleS will be launched at the Kirchhoff Institute for Physics of Heidelberg University. A workshop will inform…
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The average mass of the human brain has increased in Germany and the UK during the last century. This has been accompanied by gains in IQ. International…
In the early 1990s, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare went out with advice to new parents to reduce the number of children who die each year…
A future warming of the Southern Ocean caused by rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere may severely disrupt the stability of the West…
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Although the propensity to take risks on average decreases over the lifespan, it is particularly susceptible to change in young adulthood up to the age of…
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer of childhood. In previous work done at CHLA, investigators reported that obese children diagnosed…
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The propensity to take risks in an everyday context decreases with age in most countries, including Germany, Russia, and the US. In these countries, men on…
“Quantum dots are being widely investigated due to their unique physical, optical, and electronic properties,” explained Andrew M. Smith, an assistant…
Climate change impacts and associated changes in water resources could lead to reductions in electricity production capacity for more than 60% of the power…
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