News for Healthier Living

Flies Use Directional Memory to Track a Scent

Odors can reveal distant or hidden food sources, mates, and other important targets, but odor plumes are turbulent and fragmented, often reaching animals as brief, disconnected puffs of scent. Fruit flies solve this challenge by tracking a drifting odor plume along its edge, by repeatedly weaving in and out of a plume, rather than heading straight through the middle of it.

July 22, 2026


July 28 2026

July 27 2026

July 26 2026

July 25 2026

July 24 2026

July 23 2026

July 22 2026

July 21 2026

July 20 2026

July 17 2026

July 16 2026

July 15 2026

July 14 2026