Biologists deciphering complex lemur scent language
...pped. They use more visual communications in their social groups. So, the prosimians represent sort of a mor...mmunication playing a very important part of their social behavior." Prosimians are primates whose ancestors branched off from the primate evolutionary family...Size does matter when choosing a mate
...compass the full range of mating systems including social polygyny (males have more than one female at a time), social monogamy (one partner at a time), and polyandry (females have more than one male at a time). The res...Preschool bolsters early childhood immunity, reduces risk of young adult Hodgkin's lymphoma
...s immune system matures, as well as changes in the social environment of preschool aged children in the Unit...ociations between Hodgkin's lymphoma and childhood social factors. Enrollment in nursery school, for example, has risen from five percent in 1964 to 50 perce...Common call for action on European Research Council (ERC)
...full range of scientific disciplines including the social sciences and humanities. With the ERC debate having gained considerable momentum in 2004, the appeal warns of the danger of complacency and calls for acceleration of the work being done to establish an ERC. The petition also stresses the importance o...New survey reveals insights into unique relationship between mothers and pediatricians
...2 percent), general parenting advice (63 percent), social interaction norms (62 percent) and sleeping recommendations (45 percent). Interestingly, about a third (33 percent) of moms even consult their baby's pediatrician for their own health concerns. "Well-baby visits can be overwhelming for a new mom th...Study shows how consensus is attained in a noisy world
...characteristic of complex systems, whether they be social or biological in nature, is that they display orga...consensus come about? Our computer model shows how social networks can substitute for central mechanisms in decision making," said Lus A. N. Amaral, associate...Every family unit is a complex social network influenced by numerous inputs. In nature, social organizations at the family and small-group level can range from violent to peaceful, monogamous to ......on to landscape restoration. "Economic and social ramifications of alternate management priorities in sagebrush ecosystems" will be presented by John Tanaka (Oregon State University, Union). The project is a collaborative effort between Tanaka, L. Torrel (New Mexico State University), Neil Rimbey (U...Social benefits of wound healing may not make any difference in animals with multiple partners
...y at Ohio State, took a closer look at the effects social bonding had on wound healing in monogamous and non...eason. The researchers especially wanted to see if social interaction, or the lack of it, made a difference in the rate of wound healing in the non-monogamous...Study: A little help from friends makes wounds heal faster
...eal as fast. Researchers looked at the effect social contact had on wound healing in stressed hamsters....ays wound healing in humans and other animals, and social contact helps counteract this delay," said Courtney DeVries, the study's lead author and an assistan...MSU group reviews Berkeley venture into brave new science funding world
... agrochemical company Novartis. Today, a group of social and natural scientists at Michigan State University released a report commissioned by the faculty senate at Berkeley that examines the fall-out of an unprecedented partnership. It was a campus controversy that expanded to become a symbol of the tensi...Ecologist calls for creation of an international panel to assess human behavior
.... Ehrlich is urging fellow ecologists to join with social scientists to form an international panel that wil...oject and the IPCC, MAHB would mainly focus on the social sciences, providing more consideration of the ethical dimensions of how people treat one another oth...Misfiring proteins tied to inflammation and sick feeling of type 2 diabetics
...ab shows that cytokine-dependent fever and reduced social exploration is found in type 2 diabetes mice. The neuroimmune response leading to the sickness behavior, Freund said, was linked to hypersensitivity to lipopolysaccharide and potentially to cytokine resistance. Now Freund is asking what this signali...CBEN wins grant for undergraduate nanotech course
...roach is the combination of technical content with social context," said Kristen Kulinowski, executive direc...portance of engaging our students in exploring the social dimensions of technology development."...Long-term heart damage may result from constant confrontation and defeat
...rtical axis. As far as cardiovascular responses to social defeat and subordination are concerned, increases ...increase in heart rate. Long-term effects of social challenges on a number of physiological and behavioral parameters have also been reported, mainly in...Hormone helps fish to mate, may affect human hearing
... the auditory system to pay more attention to some social stimuli than to others, says Bass. "This system of hormone-based prioritization helps the brain focus on the most important stimuli, at any given time, in an ever-changing environment. Perhaps something similar is at work in humans."...Oxygen sensing in worms may hold key to healthy blood pressure in humans
...arned about oxygen sensing." "Oxygen sensation and social feeding mediated by a C. elegans guanylate cyclase homologue," by Jesse M. Gray, David S. Karow, Hang Lu, Andy J. Chang, Jennifer S. Chang, Ronald E. Ellis, Michael A. Marletta, and Cornelia I. Bargmann, appears in the 15 July 2004 issue of Nature ....Comparing primate genomes offers insight into human evolution
...re we must understand the behavior of apes. In the social interactions and organization of modern primates, ...goes, we can see the evolutionary roots of our own social relationships. In the genomic era, as scientists become more adept at extracting biological meaning ...Call for greater involvement of developing world scientists in fight against AIDS
...IDS has had a devastating impact on the health and social and economic well-being of populations in many pa...on, many countries are still failing to tackle the social issues that lead to the further spread of the disease. Against this background, and on the eve of AI...Key principles for the foundation of a European Research Council (ERC)
...de all areas of research, i.e., the humanities and social sciences as well as the natural sciences, medicine and engineering. A future ERC must have a constitution establishing its authority to act autonomously and to develop its own criteria for structures, procedures and decisions, independent of the Euro...