News articles tagged with 'fly' (Page 2)
3-D map of fly brain is to neuroscience what genome is to genetics
— 3 Dec 2010 17:02 | HealthIn an advance that is being compared to the sequencing of the fly genome, researchers have created the first brain-wide wiring map of a fruit fly. The breakthrough paves the way for…
What makes flies attack?
— 25 Nov 2010 17:42 | BiologyPity the poor female fruit fly. Being a looker is simply not enough, it seems. If you're to get a date, much less a proposal, you must also smell and act like a girl. Otherwise, you…
Battle of the sexes, fruit-fly style
— 25 Nov 2010 16:45 | BiologyPity the female fruit fly. Being a looker is simply not enough. To get a date, much less a proposal, you have to act like a girl, even smell like one. Otherwise, you might just have…
Evolutionary bestseller in image processing
— 11 Nov 2010 12:14 | BiologyThe eye is not just a lens that takes pictures and converts them into electrical signals. As with all vertebrates, nerve cells in the human eye separate an image into different image…
Scientists discover a new protein critical for mitochondria
— 3 Nov 2010 12:40 | HealthA study by the team headed by Lluis Ribas de Pouplana, ICREA professor at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), has been chosen as 'Paper of the week' in the December…
In flies, a search for the essence of obesity
— 3 Nov 2010 12:02 | HealthFruit flies that grow obese after eating a diet loaded with fat could lead the way to the core elements of obesity, according to researchers who report their findings in the November…
Scientists discover how chemical repellants trip up insects
— 26 Aug 2010 07:49 | HealthFire up the citronella-scented tiki torches, and slather on the DEET: Everybody knows these simple precautions repel insects, notably mosquitoes, whose bites not only itch and irritate,…
Fruit flies use horizontal landmarks for altitude control, says Caltech research team
— 25 Aug 2010 10:38 | BiologyFlies follow horizontal edges to regulate altitude, says a team of researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This finding contradicts a previous model, which…
How flies set their cruising altitude
— 20 Aug 2010 10:33 | BiologyInsects in flight must somehow calculate and control their height above the ground, and researchers reporting online on August 19 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have…
Once bitten, twice shy - a temperature switch triggers aversive memory
— 27 Jul 2010 10:31 | HealthIt is common sense that it's worth learning what things and situations are harmful to us if we want to have a long and healthy life. For example, after getting a nasty sunburn, we learn…