FlyBase, the world's only fruit fly database, is in the crosshairs of Trump's attack on Harvard. Here's why it could matter ...

Research uncovered how glycogen metabolism in neurons impacts neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Disruption in this ...

A new study from scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging has revealed a surprising player in the battle ...

A new study from scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveals that the cells shaping our organs may ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising sugar-related mechanism inside brain cells that could transform how we fight Alzheimer ...

Now, Toyoizumi and Kensuke Yoshida, also of CBS, have developed a simple t-SNE model that makes sense from a biological perspective. They used it to model how the brain of a fruit fly reduces the ...

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From millions of feces and urine samples stored in liquid nitrogen to the only fruit fly database in the world, here are the ...

Two RIKEN researchers have used a scheme for simplifying data to mimic how the brain of a fruit fly reduces the complexity of information about smells it perceives. This could also help enhance our ...

In addition to specific searches for therapeutics, Rothenfluh says basic research into the mechanisms of how the human mind—and the fruit fly mind—work can have unexpected impacts. “Just trying to ...

With their new fruit fly model of cocaine use disorder, the researchers hope to reveal the biology of addiction and find better therapies much faster than was previously possible. The new results ...

Researchers have uncovered how the breakdown of glycogen may protect the brain from neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's.