Zapping Hawaii's pesky fruit flies, grid by grid.

M2 Presswire;  October 11, 2002 ;     441 words ......2002-US ARS: Zapping Hawaii's pesky fruit flies, grid by grid (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...10102002 A quartet of exotic tropical fruit flies--Oriental, melon, Mediterranean and...disgusting mess. That's because the fruit flies' tiny, wriggling maggots spoil what...

NSW: Female fruit flies duped into mating with sterile partners

AAP General News (Australia);  September 24, 2002 ;     262 words ...00-00-0000 NSW: Female fruit flies duped into mating with sterile...Sept 24 AAP - Millions of female fruit flies are being duped into mating with...trade if it takes hold. The male fruit flies are bred in a Sydney factory before...

Fruit flies' sex drive affected by alcohol

University Wire;  January 18, 2008 ;   Bianca Black;   530 words ......Penn State, the sexual behaviors of fruit flies change after being exposed to ethanol...those sexual in nature -- of adult male fruit flies after being exposed to ethanol, the...causes intoxication. "We were looking at fruit flies and were trying to see what exactly...

Fruit flies eat less and live longer, and so can we.

The Boston Herald;  August 14, 1998 ;   Lasalandra, Michael;   361 words ......well into old age. It's true among fruit flies. And it could apply to humans, too. A study conducted on fruit flies found that strict dieting slows down...compared the fertility and life span of fruit flies receiving a sugar-only diet to those...

To learn without sleep, fruit flies need a proper dose of dopamine:...

Science News;  August 30, 2008 ;   Saey, Tina Hesman;   787 words ......more shut-eye--or a shot of dopamine. Fruit flies need sleep in order to learn, a study...Paul Shaw and his colleagues deprived fruit flies of sleep by handling them gently or...on a fruit fly treadmill. After the fruit flies were kept up for six to 12 hours past...

Fruit flies with malaria bring new hope of finding a vaccine

The Independent - London;  June 30, 2000 ;   Steve Connor;   419 words ......been artificially transmitted through fruit flies in a ground-breaking experiment that...year. Scientists believe that using fruit flies to study the transmission of the malaria...deadly diseases. Unlike mosquitoes, fruit flies are used extensively in scientific research...

GENETIC VARIATION IN FRUIT FLIES LINKED TO HIGHER TEMPERATURES

The Boston Globe;  September 4, 2006 ;   BETH DALEY;   196 words ...CLIMATE CHANGE Fruit flies on three continents appear to be genetically...found that a chromosomal mutation typical of fruit flies in warmer climates is becoming more common in fruit flies at many sites farther from the tropics. The...

Fruit flies assist in battle against 'invisible killer'

China Daily;  February 18, 2003 ;     299 words ......scientists have discovered that tiny fruit flies are very sensitive to poisonous gases...type of eucaryote multicellular insect, fruit flies have similar physiological functions...Tongji University, scientists detected fruit flies' abnormal reaction to polluted indoor...

GOING BUGGY! PIEDMONT IS FLOODED WITH FRUIT FLIES; THE WARM, RAINY SUMMER...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  October 18, 2000 ;   Perkins, Allison;   234 words ......appears to be thin air. The culprit: fruit flies buzzing past their noses like itty-bitty...this fall, and not just in the kitchen. Fruit flies have even been spotted in church sanctuaries...growing season. As the name implies, fruit flies are attracted to fruits and vegetables...

Professor to present findings on sexual monogamy in fruit flies

University Wire;  January 17, 2006 ;   Katherine Lu;   560 words ......sponsoring a seminar on forced monogamy in fruit flies. The speaker, assistant professor Brett...studying the costs of sexual conflict in fruit flies. He learned that monogamous fruit flies became more fit than non-monogamous fruit...

Vic: Sterilised fruit flies used to erradicate species

AAP General News (Australia);  January 24, 2006 ;     104 words ......Australia) 01-24-2006 Vic: Sterilised fruit flies used to erradicate species Scientists are using sex as in the battle against marauding fruit flies. Tens of millions of sterile fruit flies are being released along the Murray River...

Fruit flies effective in detecting indoor air pollution: Chinesescientists

Xinhua News Agency;  February 16, 2003 ;     334 words ...Fruit flies effective in detecting indoor air pollution...scientists recently discovered that little fruit flies are very sensitive to poisonous gases...type of eucaryote multicellular insect, fruit flies have similar physiological functions...

Sleepy Fruit Flies Provide Clues to Learning, Memory.

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  June 15, 2006 ;     787 words ......the location of sleep regulation in fruit flies. Through further examination of this...turned their attention to the fruit fly. Fruit flies and humans share similar resting patterns...Like humans, the sleeping states of fruit flies are characterized by periods of immobility...

Summary Box: Mailing Fruit Flies Tricky

AP Online;  January 17, 2005 ;   The Associated Press;   100 words ......has the world's premier repository of fruit flies, which are prized by genetics researchers...sent overseas. There is no mention of fruit flies. HOPE IS IN THE MAIL: A new rule is...January 2006 that permits mailing live fruit flies between nations, and the law could be...

Shooting at a tiny but pesky target; Fruit flies: Everybody hates them....

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 23, 2005 ;   Feyder, Susan;   486 words ...Byline: Susan Feyder; Staff Writer Fruit flies are on the hit list at Ecolab Inc. The...company's timing couldn't be better. Fruit flies are a year-round nuisance, but they...of days, Harris said. He added that fruit flies have become a more difficult problem...