If you think flies are just annoying, inconvenient, dirty creatures, think again. Their brains may actually be the key for ...

Exposure to B. bassiana fungus activated Toll receptors, leading to cell death throughout the fly brain. A new study published in PLOS Biology reveals that a fungal infection can activate a fruit ...

There are as many as 86 billion neurons in the human brain. They make trillions of synaptic connections, with each neuron connecting with other neurons to create a complex network.  It is through ...

Being on one’s feet for an extended time also can lead to chronic venous insufficiency, a disease in which damaged veins ...

Sparked two years ago by the launch of Meta’s open source Llama model — and ignited into a frenzy by the release of DeepSeek ...

A team of bioengineers at Tsinghua University, working with medical research colleagues from Tianjin University, both in ...

Students at local schools are learning to fly drones with their minds using Neuroblock, a software designed by researchers at ...

But why do flies hang around us? The reason depends on the species of insect, experts say. "For a certain group of them, they're interested in us because we are mammals with warm blood that they can ...

Reducing acetylcholine signaling within this small set of brain cells again made flies more sensitive to low doses of alcohol, taking longer to fall asleep and waking up more often. The neurons are in ...

The neurons are in a region of the fly brain which is involved in learning and memory. It functions in many ways like the human hippocampus, where acetylcholine signaling also plays a major role.

Fluorescent microscope image of a fruit fly brain. The central green shapes include regions of the brain that the study identified as being involved in alcohol-induced insomnia. Alcohol use ...

Reducing acetylcholine signaling within this small set of brain cells again made flies more sensitive to low doses of alcohol, taking longer to fall asleep and waking up more often. The neurons are in ...