The raid always remains connected to the nest by a trail of forager traffic, along which prey-laden foragers run back to run back to the nest. This trail can…

This ability is maintained only in children that grow up in a bilingual environment, which indicates that bilingualism favours the retention of certain innate…

“Our study is important because it shows that if aprotinin is used selectively and a drug/lab test interaction is avoided, the drug does not hurt patients'…

You might call it a tale of “monkey see, monkey do.” Researchers at Ohio University have found that after primates evolved the ability to see red, they began…

In a study to be published in the British Journal of Psychology, scientists compared the finger lengths of 75 children with their Standardised Assessment Test…

“In this study, patients receiving lubiprostone were nearly twice as likely to achieve an overall response from symptoms of IBS-C compared to those receiving…

Scientists have long assumed that fungi exist mainly to decompose matter into chemicals that other organisms can then use. But researchers at the Albert…

It is known that depression is associated with cigarette smoking, but the nature of this association is discussed under various hypotheses. First, according to…

In a presentation at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference, researchers describe work conducted at the NanoBiotechnology Center, Department of Radiation Medicine,…

In a unique study of women’s security and participation in three post conflict societies—Northern Ireland, South Africa and Lebanon—researchers found that…

The conference, which builds on the initiative of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the conference on rural areas held in Skegness in July 2006, will…

This issue of id21 insights – a collection of articles summarising recent research on fragile states – asks how can interventions in fragile states…

In the animal kingdom, males more often than females can increase their reproductive success by being promiscuous. This in turn can result in males imposing…

Aston final year Human Psychology student, Julia Badger, conducted the research into how birth order influences an individual’s personality and the way they…

The study, led by Virginia W. Tsai MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, showed that over a 10 year period…

By studying the genetic make-up of these creatures — which are often targeted as garden pests — scientists can trace their origins and find out how they…