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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This is what a pilot study, conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, will try to establish, with the help of SEK 20 million from the Swedish…
The overall condition of the nation's coastal waters has improved slightly, based on a recently released environmental assessment. The National Coastal…
In a new study led by the University of Michigan Health System, women more than doubled their fruit and vegetable intakes and dramatically increased their…
Susan Cutter and Kevin Borden, from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, used nationwide data going back to 1970 to create their map. According to…
It is sometimes claimed that changes in radiation from space, so-called galactic cosmic rays, can be one of the causes of global warming. A new study,…
According to a recent Kansas State University study, restaurant workers blame time constraints, inconvenience, inadequate training and inadequate resources for…
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In a study scheduled for publication in the February 2009 issue of The Journal of Urology, researchers report that for low-income men, the opposite is true,…
The chemical composition and quality of virgin olive oil may be influenced by genotype and different agronomic and technological factors.Extra virgin olive oil…
New knowledge: Girls have a better sense of taste than boys. Every third child of school age prefers soft drinks which are not sweet. Children and young people…
The institutes signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 15 December, in Kiel, Germany in the presence of the Prime Minister of the German State of…
Parents of children with intellectual disabilities have long been frustrated by IQ testing that tells them little to nothing about their children's long-term…
Proposals involved more than 75% industrial partners, with some 70% R&D-performing SMEs. As with Call 1, the majority of projects covered three main areas:…
Their vital role in society and the dedication and sacrifices they make are revealed in a new report published today into the lives of what has been described…
Michael Kasumovic, a former University of Toronto Scarborough PhD student, examined Australian Redback male spiders to determine whether the larger ones had an…