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…
Researchers from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the University of Bamako, Mali, led by Thomas E. Wellems, report the findings…
A recent study of 10 female and 10 male NCAA athletes completed within the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Cleveland Clinic found that female…
In a paper appearing in the March 9, 2007 issue of the journal Science, scientists from the EPFL in Switzerland and the INSERM research center/University of…
Combining competitiveness and growth with a high level of social services, the so-called Nordic model is attracting international attention. When European…
The new method, developed by Professor Jarl Wikberg at Uppsala University, allowed the researchers to create a ‘map’ that in detail shows how 61 drug targets…
New findings by a Queen's University research team dispel the popular notion that eating so-called “natural” foods will protect against cancer. In fact,…
But how do consumers feel after they've been confronted with temptation? A new article from the Journal of Consumer Research investigates the mixed emotions…
“Homeless people associate oral health with feelings of human dignity,” says Patricia De Palma, dentist and author of a new doctoral thesis on homelessness and…
In a project involving more than 300 elderly people who had been discharged from hospital, 17% were found to have previously undiagnosed depression and of that…
Faced with a minefield of information of variable quality, health consumers subject websites to an initial weeding-out process that will eliminate most NHS and…
The investigation into social networks by the University’s Research Centre for Socio-Cultural Change found that men are more fickle and calculating about who…
It was carried out by The Centre for Food, Physical Activity and Obesity Research at the University of Teesside with 33 healthcare professionals based in the…
Cowbirds have long been known to lay eggs in the nests of other birds, which then raise the cowbirds’ young as their own.Sneaky, perhaps, but not Scarface.Now,…
The report focuses on education and employment statistics for these groups.Figures and tables detail degrees earned, occupations, age, country of birth and…
The first report of an international study looking at computed tomography (CT) to screen current or former smokers for lung cancer found that screening did not…
During July and August 2006, a team of international scientists, including NASA researchers, journeyed to the west coast of Africa. Their mission was to better…
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