This research, supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, is an important step toward helping biologists understand ...

Dale Murden, President of Texas Citrus Mutual, said the state has been trapped in a relentless cycle of fruit fly quarantines ...

UW researchers found potential new treatments for a rare pediatric brain cancer each year that has a median survival time of ...

Invasive Mexican fruit flies have arrived in South Texas. These pests lay eggs inside your fruit, causing it to rot. Check ...

During early development, tissues and organs begin to bloom through the shifting, splitting, and growing of many thousands of cells. A team of MIT engineers has now developed a way to predict, minute ...

BEIJING -- Researchers have constructed a comprehensive 3D spatiotemporal multi-omics atlas of single cells throughout the entire developmental cycle of fruit flies, offering molecular-level insights ...

Scientists have identified hundreds of genes that may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease but the roles these genes play in the brain are poorly understood. This lack of understanding ...

Scientists have identified hundreds of genes that may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease but the roles these genes play in the brain are poorly understood. This lack of understanding ...

I hate bugs inside my home. And while fruit flies are the least serious offender in my mind (bed bugs and roaches are much worse), some people can’t stand them. Instead of swatting at the air in a ...

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Need some relief from kitchen insects? Here's how to eliminate them. Stop letting fruit flies treat your kitchen like an all-you-can-eat buffet. It's that time of year again when you leave a piece of ...

It's that time of year again when you leave a piece of fruit on the counter for five minutes and suddenly your kitchen is hosting a rave for a thousand tiny, uninvited guests. Yes, the fruit flies are ...