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…
Lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing high school sports in the United States, with more than 170,000 students now playing the sometimes hard-hitting game….
The study is published online in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
By injecting MSCs into mouse leg muscles prior to several bouts of eccentric exercise (similar to the lengthening contractions performed during resistance…
But a new Dartmouth study in the journal Developmental Science tested the theory by analyzing brain waves and found that fourth-graders do not experience a…
Education and behavior have a greater impact on the development of nearsightedness than do genetic factors: With each school year completed, a person becomes…
A multi-disciplinary team of scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, and Singapore General Hospital…
Patients likely to benefit the most from antiviral therapy for influenza were prescribed these drugs infrequently during the 2012-2013 influenza season, while…
The study also suggested that traditional methods of measuring the severity and possible spread of the cancer together with molecular techniques might, with…
The scientists studied adult onset neuronal lipofuscinosis (ANCL) which usually strikes around 1 in 100,000 people in Europe and North America in their 30s and…
At least, that’s what “they” say. But is any of it actually true? Can we really make such sweeping generalizations about the communication patterns…
Diagnosing and treating elephants with TB is a challenge, however, as little is known about how their immune systems respond to the infection. A new study…
The research is published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association and by critically reviewing the findings from 17 different pieces of…
According to two studies co-written by a University of Illinois expert in organizational behavior and human resources management, organizations of all types…
“Recently, there has been a lot of interest in fabricating metal-based nanotextured surfaces that are pre-programmed to alter the properties of light in a…
Over the next three years 19 additional graduates will be involved in examining a broad range of aspects related to the topic of transnational social support…
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