Imagine enjoying a tasty dinner alone at home—you may freely indulge without worrying about others. Now imagine sharing the ...

Fruit fly larvae adjust their behaviour in response to their social surroundings. A research team at the University of Konstanz uncovered the underlying mechanisms.

Scientists have long wanted to watch iron(II) move inside living cells as it fuels metabolism, shapes immunity, and, in some ...

While probing the escape reflex in the fruit fly Drosophila, researchers at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) and the ...

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affect millions of people worldwide, yet treatments remain largely limited to symptom ...

During early development, tissues and organs begin to form through the shifting, splitting, and growing of many thousands of cells. A team of researchers headed by MIT engineers has now developed a ...

Insulin plays a critical role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis. Since metabolic demands are highly dynamic, insulin release needs to be constantly adjusted. These adjustments are mediated by ...

Entomologist Thomas Werner has studied fruit flies from coast to coast. But his rarest discovery to date was close to home. Armed with a banana-baited live trap and a strong desire to disprove a gap ...

A new UC Davis study reveals previously unknown cell types in the female reproductive tract of Drosophila fruit flies. The knowledge could help in studies of fertility in general, and in managing ...