News articles tagged with 'fly'
Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation
— 17 Nov 2011 17:43 | BiologyFlies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany,…
Identifying the origin of the fly
— 2 Apr 2011 11:25 | BiologySome may think that the mosquito and the house fly are worlds apart when it comes to common ancestry but new research published this week by an international team of scientists puts…
'Fly tree of life' mapped, adds big branch of evolutionary knowledge
— 15 Mar 2011 20:56 | BiologyCalling it the 'new periodic table for flies,' researchers at North Carolina State University and collaborators across the globe have mapped the evolutionary history of flies, providing…
Orchid wears the scent of death
— 14 Mar 2011 19:57 | BiologySex and violence, or at least death, are the key to reproduction for the orchid Satyrium pumilum. Research led by Timotheues van der Niet at the University of KwaZulu-Natal shows that…
Johns Hopkins scientists reveal role of light sensor in temperature sensation
— 11 Mar 2011 16:01 | BiologyA light-sensing receptor that's packed inside the eye's photoreceptor cells has an altogether surprising role in cells elsewhere in the body, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered.…
Waking up is hard to do
— 17 Feb 2011 18:54 | HealthNorthwestern University scientists have discovered a new mechanism in the core gears of the circadian clock. They found the loss of a certain gene, dubbed 'twenty-four,' messes up the…
Figuring out foetal alcohol syndrome in fruit flies
— 8 Feb 2011 18:45 | BiologyDrinking excess alcohol during pregnancy can cause foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) due to the damaging effects of alcohol on a developing baby's brain. Despite its harmful effects, pregnant…
Fruit fly nervous system provides new solution to fundamental computer network problem
— 14 Jan 2011 15:50 | TechnologyThe fruit fly has evolved a method for arranging the tiny, hair-like structures it uses to feel and hear the world that's so efficient a team of scientists in Israel and at Carnegie…
Pregnant, constipated and bloated? Fly poo may tell you why
— 4 Jan 2011 22:56 | HealthClues about how the human gut helps regulate our appetite have come from a most unusual source - fruit fly faeces. Scientists at the University of Cambridge are using the fruit fly…
Scientists reveal how biological activity is regulated in fruit fly and roundworm genomes
— 4 Jan 2011 21:11 | BiologyScientists today published catalogues of the fruit fly and roundworm's functional genomic elements: DNA sequences in the genome that carry the instructions and determine which genes…