All articles tagged with #flies
Scientists at Harvard have developed a method to control living fruit flies as microrobots, guiding swarms to perform complex tasks like writing 'HELLO WORLD' and navigating mazes, leveraging the flies' natural reflexes and optogenetics, with potential applications in environmental monitoring and disaster response.
The US plans to breed and release billions of sterile flies to combat the flesh-eating screwworm pest threatening livestock and wildlife, using environmentally friendly methods that have previously eradicated the pest in North America.
The U.S. plans to breed and release billions of sterile flies to combat the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest threatening livestock and wildlife, using environmentally friendly methods that have historically been effective in eradication efforts, with new facilities planned in Mexico and Texas to prevent re-infestation.
Scientists are using Drosophila flies to study cocaine addiction, revealing that flies find cocaine aversive due to bitter sensing, which could help develop better therapies for human cocaine use disorder, currently lacking FDA-approved treatments.
Scientists are studying cocaine addiction using Drosophila flies, which share many genes with humans, to better understand the disorder and develop potential therapies, as current treatments lack FDA approval.
Scientists are studying cocaine addiction using Drosophila flies to understand the genetic and sensory mechanisms involved, aiming to develop better therapies for cocaine use disorder, which currently has no effective treatments.
During a health inspection at Captain Jack's Fish and Chicken in Knoxville, Tennessee, half a dozen critical violations were found, including uncovered boxes of food on the floor, excessive dirt on the ceiling of the freezer, a dirty can opener, and flies in the kitchen. The temperature of the chicken wings being held in the warming unit was also below the safe hot temperature. A follow-up inspection showed that all critical violations were corrected.
A study published in PLOS Biology has found that fruit flies age faster after seeing dead flies. The research revealed groups of neurons in the insects’ brains that make them age faster after seeing dead flies. The results will help scientists understand how an animal’s brain turns what it perceives into physical reactions in the body. The shorter life span results from stress caused by perceiving death. Chronic stress in animals leads to health problems and shortens life spans, and flies have a stress response, too.
A study published in PLOS Biology has found that fruit flies age faster after seeing dead flies. The research revealed groups of neurons in the insects’ brains that make them age faster after seeing dead flies. The results will help scientists understand how an animal’s brain turns what it perceives into physical reactions in the body. The shorter life span results from stress caused by perceiving death. Chronic stress in animals leads to health problems and shortens life spans, and flies have a stress response, too.