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…
A University of Leicester research project is now to look at the views and experiences of children and their families living with nut allergy, which accounts…
The fraction of health professionals abroad varies enormously across African countries, from 1% to over 70% according to the occupation and country. For…
Companies and networks alike are in need to adjust their business strategies to constantly changing economic and technological conditions continuously. To…
The report of a demographic study, coordinated by the Centre Population et Développement (CEPED), commissioned by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD),…
Cardiovascular aerobics, package cruises in the Greek islands and high calcium diets. Today’s silver brigade may well be the most active in history, but there…
“We have put together recommendations for different age groups, but the material is more robust when it comes to women,” says Anders Raustorp, University of…
A staggering 35% of US entrepreneurs suffer from dyslexia, compared to 20% in the UK, a ground-breaking study by Julie Logan, Professor of Entrepreneurship at…
Patients with type 2 diabetes are often advised to cut out sucrose (table sugar) all together. However, in recent years this traditional advice has been…
More than 98 per cent of men who are circumcised can enjoy the same levels of sexual satisfaction and performance as men who are not, according to a study of…
A team led by Wendy Macias, associate professor in the UGA Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, analyzed a week’s worth of direct-to-consumer…
Big name brands are an integral part of our lives, says Davide Ravasi, associate professor in the Institute of Strategic Management of Bocconi University,…
The study, conceived by Juan Pedro Arrebola Moreno and directed by professors Piedad Martín Olmedo, Nicolás Olea Serrano and Mariana F. Fernández Cabrera,…
Premature babies are subject to a host of threats that can result in fetal/neonatal disease. In a study published in the January 2008 issue of the American…
This study indicates a need for greater recognition of the use of placebos and unproven therapies and discussion about its implications,” say the study…
This study marks the first time researchers have accurately predicted a cell’s dynamics at the genome scale (for most of the thousands of components in the…
During the 2000 presidential election in Palm Beach County, Florida, voting machines and ballot formats came under national scrutiny after it was found that…