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The ants go marching one by one: Social distancing in the animal kingdom While we struggle to implement coordinated responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, many species show extreme commitment even sacrifice Individually-tagged Lasius niger queen (1.6mm tag) and workers (0.7mm tags). (Photo: Timothée Brütsch/University of Lausanne) April 28, 2021 The colony hums, alive with the activity of 4,000 organized ants. At the centre of it all is the queen, her eggs and larvae. Nurse ants take care of the nest and queen. Others forage for food outside. But one forager ant is acting strangely. Whereas the others come and go, it stays away from the rest of the colony, and they away from it. Its body is covered with fungal spores. ....
E-Mail (APRIL 6, 2021) Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are surveying households in two San Antonio zip codes, 78230 and 78202, about their energy use, mobility and chronic health conditions. Once the survey is complete, the data will be combined with cell phone GPS data to improve the ability to predict energy demand through time at the neighborhood level. Using a Transdisciplinary Teams (T2) seed grant from the UTSA Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise (REDKE), this collaborative project is led by Wenbo Wu, assistant professor of management science and statistics. He also engaged the expertise of Eric Shattuck, head of the Institute for Health Disparities Research (IHDR) and Ying Huang, assistant professor of demography. ....
E-Mail (March 17, 2021) Eric Shattuck, assistant professor of research in the UTSA Institute for Health Disparities Research (IHDR) at The University of Texas at San Antonio, is studying the phenomenon of social distancing in response to infectious disease and its effects on pathogen transmission and the health of individuals and communities. Many animals, including humans, exhibit behavioral changes during the early stages of an infection, including reduced social contacts, called sickness behavior. His findings suggest innate social distancing might help prevent the infection from spreading within social groups. The similarities between public health directives and what we see operating on a biological level in nature is remarkable, Shattuck said. ....