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…
Now a team led by MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers has developed a tool that could aid such studies by helping…
The study is being published in Science Express, an advanced online edition of the journal Science, on April 5. It will appear in the print version of Science…
In addition to loud noise, certain cancer drugs or genetic factors can cause hearing loss in humans due to loss or faulty development of the sensory…
This National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study is the first rigorous clinical trial to suggest that a behavioral intervention, alone or in combination…
The study, part of the multi-center Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of Restricting Intake of Energy (CALERIE) trial, funded by the National…
It was produced following the fourth in a series of special seminars entitled ‘Engaging Citizens’, organised by the ESRC in collaboration with the National…
Replacing faulty or missing cells with new insulin-making cells has been the object of diabetes research for the last decade. Past studies in tissue culture…
Approximately 75 percent of autoimmune diseases occur in women, most frequently during the childbearing years. These diseases also comprise a significant…
Enticed by the gleam of government subsidies, many companies are rushing to invest in nuclear power, expecting that new technology and safer reactors will make…
“You can initially lose 5 to 10 percent of your weight on any number of diets, but then the weight comes back,” said Traci Mann, UCLA associate professor of…
The research, published online today in BioMedCentral Public Health, compares the health risks from radiation exposure following the Chernobyl incident with…
Given the challenges the environment will be facing over the coming decades through global warming, this puzzle piece has become more pressing for plant…
Real-world data — whether distributions of wealth, size of earthquakes or number of connections on a computer network — often follow power-law distributions…
The roar of the crowd may subconsciously influence some referees to give an advantage to the home team, according to a study that examines the results of over…
It was produced following the fourth in a series of special seminars entitled ‘Engaging Citizens’, organised by the ESRC in collaboration with the National…
This is one of the key findings of the latest 24-7 survey – a national research project conducted by the Work Life Balance Centre, Leicestershire, UK, and the…
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