Fruit flies offer clues to how brains make reward-based decisions
Like many collectors of L.P. records, James Fitzgerald's brother-in-law has a favorite store where he…
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Gene links exercise endurance, cold tolerance, and cellular maintenance in flies
As the days get shorter and chillier in the northern hemisphere, those who choose to…
Flies riding on a carousel suggest that insects like to play
A fruit fly riding on a spinning carousel in a lab experimentTilman Triphan and Wolf…
Transforming flies into degradable plastics — ScienceDaily
Imagine using insects as a source of chemicals to make plastics that can biodegrade later…
A cluster of neurons in the brains of fruit flies has been found to control visual aversion to scary objects — ScienceDaily
Averting our eyes from things that scare us may be due to a specific cluster…
Running on fumes? Fruit flies stay sharp by flipping a metabolic switch in the brain — ScienceDaily
A new study led by scientists from TUD Dresden University of Technology reveals that the…
Scientists Are Gene-Editing Flies to Fight Crop Damage
In 2008, a fruit fly known as the spotted-wing drosophila made its way from Southeast…
Male flies are better at mating after fighting off a robotic rival
A Mediterranean fruit fly (bottom) meeting a robot-controlled, 3D-printed replicaDonato Romano Male fruit flies reared…
Flies die sooner if they see dead flies
Fruit flies are sensitive to the sight of dead fliesMauritius images GmbH/Alamy Fruit flies exposed…
A compound from fruit flies could lead to new antibiotics — ScienceDaily
Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have found that a peptide from fruit flies…