Excessive blue light can cause accelerated aging in flies because this exposure can cause cellular damage, according to a study released Wednesday. Because the signaling chemicals in the cells of ...

Workflow and preliminary experimental results of this study. Credit: Huang et al. In a study on fruit flies, daily low-intensity blue light exposure (BLE), similar to that experienced daily by ...

Sitting outside on a summer evening always sounds relaxing until flies and mosquitoes arrive – then the swatting begins. Despite their minuscule eyes and a brain roughly 1 million times smaller than ...

Charlotte Helfrich-Förster is in the Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. Lazopulo et al. analysed ...

The blue light that emanates from every smartphone and fluorescent bulb isn’t thought to be great for our health, particularly the health of our eyes. But a new study in fruit flies suggests that blue ...

Our electronic devices and some household fixtures emanate blue light. New research has indicated that it may be a detrimental influence on longevity. Researchers at Oregon State University have found ...

A new study this week suggests that long-term exposure to blue light may not be so harmless, at least for fruit flies. Researchers found that chronic blue light exposure prematurely aged the flies and ...

Animals have biological clocks with a cycle of about 24 hours — these circadian rhythms allow them to align their physiology and behavior to the earth’s rotation. Now new research from Rockefeller ...

A green glow from a fruit fly is giving researchers the green light when they are on the right path in their quest to develop compounds that help prevent cancer. The glow, the result of some tinkering ...

Even the tiniest of living things are capable of some amazing forms of locomotion, and some come with highly sophisticated sensor suites and manage to source their energy from the environment.

A genetic variation that gives fruit flies the ability to withstand cold makes them different from their hot-weather relatives. The cold flies mate with each other, while their warmer cousins stick to ...

A green glow from a fruit fly is giving researchers the green light when they are on the right path in their quest to develop compounds that help prevent cancer. The glow lets researchers know when ...