Two species of wood-decaying fungi can be used as protectors in the complex therapy of oncology (to reduce the effects of ...

a “connectome” — through the brain of an adult fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). Credit: Amy Sterling / FlyWire / ...

A 10-year project produces both brain wiring diagram and a "parts list" - paving the way for greater understanding of human ...

Researchers map the whole brain of Drosophila melanogaster, or the fruit fly, which comprises about 140,000 neurons and over ...

More than a decade before humans launched themselves into outer space, a tiny species made the journey first.

A consortium of scientists published the first complete map of a fruit fly's brain Wednesday in the journal Nature.

In 2002, the scientists behind this partial brain map of just 302 neurons shared a Nobel Prize. Today, the same feat, which once took over 12 years to complete, takes less than a month. In 2023, ...

I n a feat that seemed unachievable just a few short years ago, an international research consortium has today unveiled the ...

Scientists have mapped the entire brain of an adult fruit fly, unveiling over 50 million connections among 139,000 neurons.

Seung and Murthy say that they’ve been developing the FlyWire map for more than four years, using electron microscopy images ...

Ever wish you could stop that fruit fly on your kitchen counter in its tracks? Scientists have created flies that halt under red light. In doing so, they discovered the precise neural mechanisms ...

Scientists announced on Thursday a milestone in neurobiological research with the mapping of the entire brain of an adult ...