Pay close attention to the fly's size and color. Fruit flies are extremely small, about the size of a sesame seed on a ...

The fruit fly connectome contains a wide range of information, from cell types and synapses to neurotransmitters and network properties. Here, cells are color-coded by their defining chemical ...

The western cherry fruit fly (WCFF), the primary cherry pest in Utah, is the culprit to blame when you find little worms in your cherries. Female fruit flies lay their eggs under the […] ...

Flying robots bring precision and efficiency to harvesting. ... Farmers benefit from detailed, real-time information about the harvest, including the size, color and ripeness of each fruit, ...

The fruit fly’s fast maturation made it the perfect study subject — it takes a little more than a week for a fertilized egg to develop into a fully formed fly. 2011: Jules A. Hoffmann ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Scientists announced on Thursday a milestone in neurobiological research with the mapping of the entire brain of an adult fruit fly, a feat that may provide insight ...

Fruit fly brains are smaller than a poppy seed, but that doesn't mean they aren't complex. For the first time, researchers have published a complete diagram of 50 million connections in an adult ...

This is a 3D rendering of all 140,000 neurons in a fruit fly brain, mapped for the first time. (Philipp Schlegel for FlyWire)The fruit fly used in the study, whose scientific name is Drosophila ...