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…
Allan Lau led a team of researchers from the University of Hong Kong who identified seven ginseng constituents, ginsenosides, which showed immune-suppressive…
One of Laurie Keefer's patients was afraid to be a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding, others worried about traveling with the boss or even going to parties in…
Several of the tests previously used to predict which elderly individuals risk developing dementia do not seem to work any longer. The thesis shows that memory…
“Marketers often try to tempt consumers to buy their products by encouraging them to imagine themselves using the product,” write authors Debora Viana Thompson…
The study presents the first experimental evidence of a vestige of the zero temperature jamming transition — the density at which large, loose objects such as…
The results of the study, conducted by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Manitoba, were described on May 2 at the Annual…
Researchers from the Automotive Safety Program at Riley Hospital for Children and Indiana University School of Medicine have found that an alarming two-thirds…
Researchers from the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial College London, working in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and…
The study, published in the May issue of the Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, demonstrated a link between the Daily Activity Energy Expenditure (DAEE– an…
Authors Eduardo B. Andrade and Teck-Hua Ho (University of California, Berkeley) set out to examine “emotion gaming,” the act of either concealing a current…
Dental implants are frequently used as a replacement for missing teeth in order to restore the patient’s tooth function and appearance.Previous research…
A research project at the University of Gothenburg has been testing large groups of 13 year olds in Sweden since the early 1960s using the same intelligence…
The results, presented in Stockholm at EuroPRevent 2009, reflect what many other studies have indicated, but, says investigator Professor Haakon Meyer from the…
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and Duke University now believe they have the answer: impaired brain…
Diagnosing cancer at an early stage can improve outcomes. Studies show certain groups, such as low income populations, are more likely to be diagnosed with…
Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just published two reports providing details of how wind affects fires in…
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