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Shared Genetic Mechanisms Link Social Behavior in Bees and Humans

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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Rhode Island Hospital Study Reveals Surge in Trampoline Injuries

According to the latest study on trampoline injuries by Rhode Island Hospital researchers, injuries have more than doubled in the past decade. An earlier Rhode…

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Cholesterol Drug Combats Diabetes: Clinical Trial Insights

Results from the clinical trial demonstrated that the compound colesevelam HCl, in combination with Sulfonylurea-based therapy in patients with inadequately…

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U-M and Israeli Scientists Uncover Colon Cancer Gene Links

A 10-year study involving thousands of Israeli Jews and Arabs, led by researchers from American and Israeli institutions, has yielded important new information…

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Intergenerational Disadvantages in EU Member States Examined

This comparative study has become possible because the 2005 EU-SILC has included one special data module, including the data for attributes of each…

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Women and Men Talk Equally: New Research Findings

Refuting the popular stereotype that females talk more than men, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found women and men both use an average…

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Soil particles found to boost prion's capacity to infect

Writing in the journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) Pathogens, a group led by University of Wisconsin-Madison prion expert Judd Aiken reports that prions,…

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Celebrity Entrepreneurs: Selling Their Own Products Better

Celebrity entrepreneurs can sell their own products better than those stars who simply endorse those of other companies, according to business analysts writing…

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Fashion as Art: Exploring Its Contemporary Significance

The thesis written by Luis Casablanca Migueles studies fashion as “a plural phenomenon, one of the most important contemporary artistic disciplines”. He has…

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Skin Rash Linked to Improved Outcomes in Cancer Patients

The study, published in the July 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, reports that for patients…

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Cardiac Surgery Insights for Liver Cirrhosis Patients

The results of this study appear in the July 2007 issue of Liver Transplantation, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver…

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Blood Clotting Protein Found to Hinder Spinal Cord Regeneration

The study, led by Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D., assistant professor in UCSD’s Department of Pharmacology, is the first evidence that when blood leaks into the…

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Weeds Outperform Natives: New Insights from QUT Research

Eve White, from QUT's School of Natural Resource Sciences, has been investigating the effect weeds can have on native plants especially when foliage eating…

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Penn State Study Unveils Solutions for US Rail Safety

“Efforts to secure the nation’s rail system have been undertaken by federal, state, and local government agencies and by private rail operators,” say Jeremy…

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Periodontal Bacteria Detected in Amniotic Fluid Study

A study appearing in the July issue of the Journal of Periodontology found bacteria commonly found in the mouth and associated with periodontal diseases in the…

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Ritual Fires: Preserving Sacred Sites in Burkina Faso and Togo

Maintenance of relations with these spirits requires strict preservation of the sites that they occupy. This is the case notably for the sacred groves, where…

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South Territories and Globalization: Navigating Disparities and Solidarity

This process does not get rid of the existing disparities, but sets them in a different form. While the disparities are clear to see between the countries of…

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