A new study has found that 'sense of smell' in the fruit flies can help in detecting drugs and bombs.
Intestines of Fruit Flies Reveal Features of Human Intestinal Cancer
In Spain, researchers have determined how a transcription factor known as Mirror regulates tumour-like growth in the intestines of fruit flies.
In Spain, researchers have determined how a transcription factor known as Mirror regulates tumour-like growth in the intestines of fruit flies.
The study brings scientists closer to developing electronic noses (e-noses) that closely replicate the sensitive olfactory sense of animals. Researchers hope that such e-noses would be much more sensitive and much faster than the currently commercially available e-noses that are typically based on metal-oxide sensors and are very slow, compared to a biological nose.
The study is published in the journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics.
Nodding Syndrome may be Spread by Blackflies
Scientists have yet to pinpoint the exact cause of nodding syndrome (NS) despite extensive research.
Scientists have yet to pinpoint the exact cause of nodding syndrome (NS) despite extensive research.
British Boy Flies to Prague for Treatment
The five-year-old cancer patient, Ashya King, whose parents sparked an international manhunt when they took him from hospital in Britain, left Spain for treatment in Prague.
The five-year-old cancer patient, Ashya King, whose parents sparked an international manhunt when they took him from hospital in Britain, left Spain for treatment in Prague.
How Worms, Flies and Humans are Related
The genetic machinery of humans, fruit flies and roundworms is similar in many surprising ways, biologists have said.
The genetic machinery of humans, fruit flies and roundworms is similar in many surprising ways, biologists have said.
