Posts Tagged ‘fruit flies’
Older flies with sexy smell turn on males
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Changes in pheromone production that occur with age can reduce sexual attractiveness, according to a recent study with fruit flies. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Nov 23, 2011 12:53 - 0 Comments
How ‘sensitive’ body parts cope with change
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Some body parts are more sensitive to environmental change than others, a finding that may lead to better ways of treating a variety of diseases, including type 2 diabetes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 21, 2011 11:56 - 0 Comments
Jet lagged? Time to reset that inner clock
CORNELL (US) — A better understanding of how circadian rhythms work could lead to better treatments for jet lag and perhaps even more serious syndromes, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 26, 2011 10:55 - 1 Comment
Embryo: When (and where) arms, legs grow
NYU (US) — Biologists have identified a protein that plays a critical role in how early embryos develop, ensuring arms and legs grow in the right place at the right time. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2011 8:45 - 0 Comments
Genes control muscle aging in flies
EMORY (US) — The discovery of genes in fruit flies that act in muscles to control aging could help doctors treat muscle degeneration in human aging. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 12, 2011 17:09 - 1 Comment
Illusion explains how we view motion
STANFORD (US) — Flies like watching computer screens as much as the next animal. Set them on a trackball in front of a monitor, and they’ll follow the action. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 20, 2011 11:03 - 1 Comment
Mutant fly gene linked to mental disability
EMORY (US) — The same genetic mutation that makes it hard from fruit flies to climb and use their wings also appears to play a role in inherited intellectual disability in humans. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 2, 2011 15:01 - 0 Comments
Fruit flies may help us get good zzzs
UC DAVIS (US) — Fooling fruit flies into thinking the day is 16 hours long instead of 24 could help alleviate human sleep disorders. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 27, 2011 9:51 - 0 Comments
Steely fiber strands from fruit flies
RICE/TEXAS A&M (US) — Proteins combined with fruit fly material could create bio-friendly fiber strands for use in a variety of applications, including biosensors and tissue engineering. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 4, 2011 17:49 - 0 Comments
What makes genes stop and go?
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Knowing how certain proteins are supposed to slow genes during development could explain how some diseases like cancer occur when those genes are unable to shift gears properly and can’t stop. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 14, 2011 12:56 - 3 Comments
Deploy wireless networks like fly bristles
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Fruit flies feel and hear using sensory bristles. It turns out the method they have evolved for arranging bristles on their bodies is very efficient, and computer scientists have taken notice. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 28, 2010 13:01 - 0 Comments
Fruit fly embryo in focus
U. SHEFFIELD (US) — This image of a fruit fly embryo was taken when it was only 20 hours old and about the size of a needle’s eye. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 2, 2010 13:21 - 2 Comments
Stay hungry to stay awake
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US)—Being hungry may provide a way to stay awake without feeling groggy or mentally challenged, according to new research with fruit flies. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 27, 2010 11:44 - 0 Comments
Flies check horizon to control altitude
CALTECH (US)—Airborne fruit flies use horizontal landmarks—not the ground beneath them—to regulate altitude, researchers have discovered. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 7, 2010 8:34 - 0 Comments
Clever knifefish hunts by biomechanics
NORTHWESTERN (US)—The hunting strategy of a slender fish from the Amazon is offering insight into how to balance the metabolic cost of information with the metabolic cost of moving around to get it. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 24, 2010 11:38 - 0 Comments
Genes regulate overeating in flies
CALTECH (US)—Biologists have identified two genes that appear to regulate meal sizes and frequency in fruit flies. Both genes have mammalian counterparts that seem to play a similar role in food intake. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 19, 2010 6:47 - 2 Comments
Glowing green sperm get around
SYRACUSE U. (US)—Fluorescent green sperm are shedding new light on exactly what happens during insemination and fertilization. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 17, 2010 11:42 - 2 Comments
In-flight brain recordings from fruit flies
CALTECH (US)—The first recordings of brain-cell activity in a flying fruit fly suggest that at least part of its brain “is in a different and more sensitive state during flight than when the fly is quiescent,” says researcher Michael Dickinson. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2010 15:25 - 0 Comments
From fruit flies, timely clues about fighting flab
TEXAS A&M (US)—The tiny tongue of a fruit fly could provide big answers to questions about human eating habits, possibly even leading to new ways to treat obesity. (more…)
