BEIJING -- Researchers have constructed a comprehensive 3D spatiotemporal multi-omics atlas of single cells throughout the ...

What they found: Using gene knockout experiments during a fly's larva-to-adult transition, researchers found that those ...

In other words, when the fruit fly faces one direction, the yellow part of the ring may be active (1), but as the fly turns to face the opposite direction, the activity moves around the ring to the ...

FRUIT FLIES are smart. For a start—the clue is in the name—they can fly. They can also flirt; fight; form complex, long-term memories of their surroundings; and even warn one another about the ...

Electroreception, the ability to sense electric fields, is a fascinating trait found in species like sharks, bees, and platypuses. Recent research has added fruit fly larvae (Drosophila ...

Fruit fries don't appear out of nowhere. Here's how to get rid of them : Life Kit Seeing a swarm of pesky fruit flies in the kitchen is frustrating. We talk with a fruit fly researcher about how ...

After confirming that cocaine activates a fruit fly’s bitter-sensing taste receptors, Rothenfluh and Philyaw switched off those nerves. Once deactivated, there was little to stop the flies from ...

Scientists have found 50 million reasons to study the brain of a fruit fly. That's how many connections they discovered in the first complete map— known as a connectome—of an adult insect's brain.

To get an insider's take on fruit fly prevention, we tapped entomologist Jody Green from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Green revealed the leading causes of fruit fly infestations and, most ...

The sterile fruit flies will be released weekly to combat Mediterranean fruit fly infestations. The flies threaten over 250 types of produce. Diddy to remain jailed until sex-crimes verdict ...