Scientists to send cargo of fruit flies to the International Space Station - but instead of being pests they could become ‘heroes’ by helping mankind conquer future trips to Mars ...

The predictive model also incorporates an improved fruit fly optimization algorithm (IFOA) in conjunction with support vector machine (SVM) techniques. The actual instances of lost circulation serve ...

USDA will invest in the renovation of an existing fruit fly production facility in Metapa, Mexico, to further the long-term ...

USDA will invest $21 million to expand a Mexico facility, aiming to double sterile fly production and strengthen efforts to ...

Sensing environmental temperature is crucial for the development and survival of animals. Insects such as fruit flies have ...

Imagine cells navigating through a complex maze, guided by chemical signals and the physical landscape of their environment.

Biologists know that animals that mature slowly tend to live longer, but they aren't sure why. A recent study of fruit flies ...

A microscope image of a fruit fly egg chamber, the model system an interdisciplinary UMBC research team used to investigate ...

A new study integrated mathematical modeling with advanced imaging to discover that the physical shape of the fruit fly egg chamber, combined with chemical signals, significantly influences how cells ...