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Brain Mechanism For Motion Detection In Fruit Flies Revealed
By Kamal Nayan | Jul 29, 2014 10:36 AM EDTResearchers have identified the neurons used in certain type of motion detection, according to a new study.
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Artificial Sweetener Is Toxic To Fruit Flies: Study
By Kamal Nayan | Jun 06, 2014 02:42 PM EDTThe main ingredient of the sweetener Truvia, erythritol, is toxic to Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies, according to a new study. However this doesn't mean anyone using Truvia to sweeten their eatables is in danger.
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Fruit Flies Are Not As Dumb As We Thought
By Kamal Nayan | May 25, 2014 05:43 AM EDTFruit flies use around 200 neurons to make difficult decisions, according to a new study.
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Sleep And Immune Function in Fruit Flies Are Linked
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 23, 2014 09:03 AM EDTIt is completely natural to have an urge to go to bed when we get sick. Researchers have found that this urge has a definite purpose, at least in fruit flies. In fruit flies, sleep enhances their immune system response and recovery to infection, according to researchers.
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Fruit Flies Move Like Fighter Jets To Avoid Getting Swatted
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 11, 2014 10:01 AM EDTFruit fly and an F-22 Raptor fighter jet has more things in common than you might think. Scientists using video cameras tracked down a fly's areal maneuvers and found that the insect employed astonishingly quick banked turns to evade predators and those moves pretty much resembled the ones executed by a fighter jet.
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Promiscuity Stalls Extinction, Fly Study
By Christine Hsu | Apr 02, 2014 02:23 PM EDTPromiscuous females stall male extinction, according to a new study on fruit flies.
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Having Brothers Enhance Fruit Fly Reproduction
By Christine Hsu | Jan 22, 2014 03:10 PM ESTFruit flies with brothers make gentler lovers than those living with unrelated flies, according to a new study.
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Study Finds Fruit Flies are Picky when they Lay Eggs
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 05, 2013 01:28 PM ESTResearchers found that when it comes to laying eggs, fruit flies become extremely picky.
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Sexually Starved Fruit Flies Lead Frustrated And Shorter Lives
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 29, 2013 08:47 AM ESTFruit flies that have regular sex, lead a more peaceful and longer lives, a new study finds.
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Researchers Slapped Flies To Study the Effects of Concussions
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 15, 2013 03:13 PM EDTIn a new study, researchers studied the effects of concussions by slapping vials of fruit flies against a foam pad.
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Study Finds Male Fruit Flies Tend to Sleep Around with ‘Strangers’
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 25, 2013 03:41 PM EDTResearchers found that male and female fruit flies have very different sexual preferences when it comes to mating.
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Fruit Flies Reap Benefits from Organic Produce
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 27, 2013 12:03 PM EDTResearchers found that fruit flies had a longer lifespan and better fertility rates when they were given an organic diet.
