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…
The preterm birth rate rose again in 2005 and preliminary data for 2006 show a continued increase, underscoring the urgent need for a sustained, comprehensive…
Described as a hotspot of botanical diversity, there are more than 20,000 indigenous plant species in South Africa. Several thousand of them are used by…
The findings, published in the December issue of the international peer-reviewed journal Public Health Nutrition, show that the frequency of students' fruit…
A new study by one of the world’s leading forestry research institutes warns that the new push to “reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation,” known…
By introducing a gene mutation in mice, investigators have created what they believe to be the first accurate model of autism not associated with a broader…
The Methods and Data Institute will host high profile courses throughout next year, providing advanced training in quantitative methods for the social…
In a presentation focusing on environmental entrepreneurship, Prof Williams said that leading national higher-education institutions have the ability to…
“Universities have been receptive to the push from Government and industry to provide entrepreneurial graduates to support economic competitiveness and there’s…
The potential causes and key implications of Scotland’s low fertility are outlined in a new publication, ‘Scotland’s demographic trends: insights from…
While the latest figures show a recent upswing in births and migration to Scotland and a projected rise in the population over the next 25 years, in the long…
But even in a relatively poor country such as Yemen, migrants and refugee women do paid domestic work. The majority of these come from the Horn of Africa. Why…
The study, published December 7 in PLoS Computational Biology, combines data from influenza infections of human volunteers with a mathematical model which…
The university won an unprecedented level of grants for world-changing research in all areas of academic endeavour during the 2006-07 year, across the arts,…
These are some of the main conclusions presented in a wide-ranging White Paper (policy document) released today by the European Medical Research Councils…
The new study issued by the Photonics21 technology platform together with the European Commission and entitled “Photonics in Europe” predicts a bright future…
It has for some years been recognised, using information from death certificates, that there is an excess of deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD) and…
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