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 ...

Male fruit flies don't just sing to their mates; they also use sound-cancelling wing-flicks to jockey with rivals. This new understanding of how male flies compete for female partners could shed light ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found.

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

It isn’t unusual for the University of Utah’s women’s gymnastics program to bring awareness to causes or institutions that the team values. Every year, the Red Rocks have a military appreciation night ...

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 ...

Technology development of multi-omics: We have developed the first single-cell RNA sequencing platform in Drosophila neurons and glia ... them with powerful fly genetic tools to study development, ...

Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have identified the specific neurons in mice brains that tell them ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have identified specific neuronal cells that are essential to our understanding of other people. Runnan ...

Scientists found brainstem neurons that tell mice when to stop eating, offering insights for obesity treatments. Columbia ...