Fruit flies prioritize mating over survival
Fruit flies continue to mate with each other even when infected with deadly pathogens – reveals a study by researchers ...
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Thanks to their unique sensory integration, the fruit bat is an outstanding navigator, even by day
A new Tel Aviv University study has found that fruit bats use their biological sonar during the day, even though ...
Bioengineers visualize fat storage in fruit flies
For the first time, researchers have visually monitored, in high resolution, the timing and location of fat storage within the ...
Fruit snack or edible? Study finds some cannabis products look like popular snacks
Some cannabis edibles look remarkably like popular snack foods and may be easily confused for them, finds a new study ...
Monkeys routinely consume fruit containing alcohol, shedding light on our own taste for booze
For 25 years, UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley has been intrigued by humans' love of alcohol. In 2014, he wrote ...
Fruit flies adapt activity to “white nights”
Evolution takes place constantly, everywhere in nature. Nevertheless, it is always exciting for biologists to observe evolution "in real time". ...
Subsidy would improve fruit and veg intake by as much as 15%, say economists
New University of Warwick research shows consumers are paying 40% more than marginal cost for fruit and vegetables High fixed ...
Rapid adaptation in fruit flies
Think evolution is a slow, gradual process? Tell that to fruit flies. In a new report in Science, researchers from ...
Field cage study highlights safety of classic biological control agent against devastating invasive fruit fly
CABI scientists have led new research which highlights the safety of a classical biological control agent against the devastating invasive ...
Explosive fossil fruit found buried beneath ancient Indian lava flows
Just before the closing scenes of the Cretaceous Period, India was a rogue subcontinent on a collision course with Asia. ...
Multiple haplotype-based analyses provide genetic and evolutionary insights into tomato fruit weight and composition
To date, most marker-trait associations have been revealed using QTL and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), demonstrating both their successes and their ...
Lychee genome tells a colorful story about a colorful tropical fruit
BUFFALO, N.Y. — They’re prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside, and beloved for their iconic pink shells and pearly, ...
Protecting fruit and vegetable industry through smart surfaces, coatings
Improving the safety and water efficiency of specialty fruit and vegetable crops with smart surfaces will be the goal ...
Havacado or two. Study finds eating lots of the fruit has public health import
In a novel study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Herbert Wertheim School of ...
Sustainable, biodegradable, vegan glitter – from your fruit bowl
Glitter is the bane of every parent and primary school teacher. But beyond its general annoyance factor, it’s also made ...
Hunting for human obesity genes in fat fruit flies
Fruit flies provide an effective platform for screening new obesity genes, and fat flies implicate a neuronal signaling pathway in ...
Countermarketing based on anti-smoking campaigns reduces buying of sugary ‘fruit’ drinks for children
Public health messages such as in the image (associated with this release) — designed to reduce parents’ purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages ...
Can fruit fly research help improve survival of cancer patients?
The experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that of a human with a ...
Oldest known mammal cavities discovered in 55-million-year-old fossils suggests a sweet tooth for fruit
A new U of T study has discovered the oldest known cavities ever found in a mammal, the likely result ...
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Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
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University of Kentucky receives renewed $11.4 million grant to further cancer research
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Congratulations to the 2022 American Ornithological Society (AOS) award winners
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Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot
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Community-led science uncovers high air pollution from fracking in Ohio county
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New NYU Abu Dhabi research could make cancer treatments more efficient