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Fruit Fly Study Finds Male Harassment Undermines Attractive Females

Jun 29, 2015 10:05 PM EDT

University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences associate professor Steve Chenoweth said that his study showed that male harassment of female fruit flies inhibits the ability of the female species to adapt to new environmental conditions, Science Daily reports.

Mechanism Lets Differentiated Cells Become Stem Cell Again

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 30, 2014 02:46 AM EDT

Facultative stem cells, however, have a very special trait. They have the ability to return to their stem cell stage.

New Study Shows Fruit Flies Can Help Detect Drugs and Explosives

Sami Ghanmi |

Oct 16, 2014 10:00 AM EDT

The new study shows that fruit flies have a strong sense of smell towards odors coming from drugs and substances used for explosives. Researchers aim to use the fly’s nose to develop a new technology.