Fruit flies react strangely when gravity gets stronger. For humans, a fruit fly weighs almost nothing. Yet when scientists ...

Expose an animal to extreme physical stress, and the expectation is simple: It will break down. But when UC Riverside scientists subjected fruit flies to forces many times stronger than Earth's ...

Gravity may seem simple, but it shapes every movement and decision in living systems. This study shows that even brief ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – UC Santa Barbara researchers confirmed that parts of the neural network that inhibit movement in fruit flies plays a critical role in coordinating their movements. In ...

Expose an animal to extreme physical stress, and the expectation is simple: It will break down. But when UC Riverside scientists subjected fruit flies to forces many times stronger than Earth's ...