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 a relationship between thunderstorms and increased hospital visits for asthma attacks has been known and studied worldwide for years, this is the first…
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This is the aim of the “Research oriented gender equality standards“, which have been developed by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche…
The year 2007 was a successful one for the German scientific community. The research landscape was stimulated by both the second round of the Excellence…
A team led by Professor John Brennan of the U.K.’s Open University has just examined what we know about today’s higher education, and what we need to research…
As unwelcome as they are, higher gasoline prices do come with a plus side – fewer deaths from car accidents, says a researcher at the University of Alabama at…
Allergic diseases appear more often in children who grow up near busy roads. This is the result of a study of several thousand children, now published in the…
“While gold nanoparticles are being used by so many researchers – chemists, materials scientists and biomedical engineers – no one understood their molecular…
A well-nursed prejudice in scholarly communication is that researchers avoid journalists and are disappointed with the coverage when they do have contact with…
“Central America is a major, emerging “hot spot” in the tropics where climate change impacts on the environment will be pronounced, and the loss of species…
The results of a new study sponsored by refrigerants manufacturer, DuPont, show that 65% of cooling installations in 9 key EU markets* continue to function on…
Previous research as well as anecdotal evidence has tended to focus on the negative aspects of scientists’ media interaction, but today’s survey, based on the…
Over 800 children completed the questionnaire, once at thirteen years old and then again at sixteen years old. They were asked to rate themselves on whether…
It requires the brain to align the tactile sensation on the skin with spatial information about our surroundings and our posture. For the first time, a study…
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