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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In a new survey of noise levels of the New York City transit system, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that exposure…
Staff monitored by researchers in the University’s Asthma and Allergy Research Group were shown to have experienced significant benefits to their general…
Hydrogen sulfide gas, sometimes called sewer gas, produces a noxious odor often described as a rotten egg smell. The gas occurs naturally in swamps, springs…
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Specific personality variables, such as anger or irritability predict the tendency to either engage in aggressive behavior willingly or to engage in aggressive…
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Many of these adolescents will be lured to cigarettes by advertisements and movies that feature sophisticated models and actors, suggesting that smoking is a…
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital turned up the heat on “disorderly” proteins and confirmed that most of these unruly molecules perform…
They found that the drug combination that was the most expensive in the short term was in fact the most cost-effective, because its superior performance in…
The results show that people who carry a particular variant of APOA5 may have elevated risk factors that are associated with heart disease, but only if they…
Women with breast cancer often undergo a lumpectomy and radiation to save their breasts and avoid the need for additional reconstructive surgery. However,…
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