China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's space station. Researchers aim to study the growth and behavior of fruit flies to conduct research in fields ...

When you think of space explorers, you probably picture astronauts like Neil Armstrong, Sunita Williams, Rakesh Sharma or now Shubhanshu Shukla. But there's another unlikely hero quietly helping ...

In a recent study, scientists at Leipzig University have for the first time demonstrated play-like behavior in flies. They found that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) voluntarily and repeatedly ...

Fruit flies use vision to head toward interesting things, but also to stay steady during flight. To accomplish this, the eyes need to fixate on the visual background while noticing objects that might ...

Scientists have created a virtual brain network that can predict the behavior of individual neurons in a living brain. The model is based on a fruit fly's visual system, and it offers scientists a way ...

Even the tiniest of living things are capable of some amazing forms of locomotion, and some come with highly sophisticated sensor suites and manage to source their energy from the environment.

A simple, freely available analysis tool and hardware for analyzing fruit flies allows opportunities for researchers in low-income settings or out in the field to screen for genes and nerve circuits ...

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