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 great success of robots so far has been in automating repetitive tasks in process control and assembly, yielding dramatic cuts in production, but the next…
Researchers from Lyon (1) and Canberra (Australia) (2) have found evidence ofa progressive ocean cooling of about 15°C over a period of 40 million years during…
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In a study using laboratory animals, researchers found that medications commonly prescribed for erectile dysfunction opened a mechanism called the blood-brain…
In this workshop, which is the third in a series of workshops throughout 2008, Best Practice Case Studies will be presented and logistics professionals from…
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“I first got interested in this topic because people were telling me that the air fresheners in public restrooms and the scent from laundry products vented…
A new study concludes that elements of human cognition and perception that are not yet fully understood by scientists may receive greater insight by analysing…
The research, undertaken by the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) and the University of Warwick, found that savings made through reduced…
The workshop was chaired by Bartolomeo Sapio (chair of COST 298) and took place on July 20, 2008, involving both experienced European researchers in the field…
Focusing on a topic that affects all of us, “Fat: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly” stimulated much debate among experts and young researchers. It was also an…
The study, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council through a grant to the University of Kent, has also revealed that Muslims generally opt…
The key to good health is to be physically active. The key to being active is… to be born that way?The well-documented importance of exercise in maintaining…
Their discovery might lead to a better understanding and the improved treatment of psychiatric affections in which people feel distressed when meeting others,…
Ohio State University students who used the devices to answer multiple-choice questions during physics lectures earned final examination scores that were…
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