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Flies Get Fright from False Memories Friday, October 16th, 2009 - 13:54:43 - Ehud Rattner The seemingly complex phenomenon by which fruit flies (Drosophila) learn from bad experiences has been reduced to the actions of a mere 12 neurons... read more

Expedition 21 Crew Launches from Kazakhstan Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 09:43:18 - Anuradha Menon Flight Engineers Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev of the 21st International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the... read more

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again Saturday, December 13th, 2008 - 14:17:15 - Anuradha Menon It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, but on Thursday Boeing announced revised first flight and first delivery dates for its long-awaited and... read more

Flying Weather Robots Saturday, December 13th, 2008 - 10:38:39 - Anuradha Menon At MIT, planning for bad weather involves far more than remembering an umbrella. Researchers in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics are... read more

Fly to Mars With Spaceship Force Field Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 - 12:54:29 - Anuradha Menon According to the international space agencies, 'Space Weather' is the single greatest obstacle to deep space travel. Radiation from the sun and... read more

New Pterodactyl Inspired Robot Sunday, October 5th, 2008 - 16:18:36 - Anuradha Menon Paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University, aeronautical engineer Rick Lind of the University of Florida, and their students, Andy... read more

Takes Nerves for Flies to Keep a Level Head Friday, July 25th, 2008 - 14:35:44 - Anuradha Menon The nerve connections that keep a fly's gaze stable during complex aerial manoeuvres, enabling it to respond quickly to obstacles in its flight path... read more

Fruit Fly Avoidance Mechanism Avoids Pain Monday, May 12th, 2008 - 18:40:42 - Ehud Rattner At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until... read more

Tumor Cells Can't Self-Destruct? Thursday, May 1st, 2008 - 18:46:50 - Ehud Rattner Tumor cells living in the cross hairs of radiation or chemotherapy may be able to escape death because their self-destruct mechanisms are jammed, say... read more

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