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In 2024, the FlyWire Consortium, led by Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung at Princeton, who are also co-authors of the new study, published a complete connectome of a fruit fly brain.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Using their highly sensitive Pico-C method, the researchers mapped the 3D arrangement of the fruit fly genome during these early stages.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

"Export markets demand zero tolerance on pests. Even if inspectors find a single fruit fly, the entire consignment is discarded, leading to huge losses," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

In the field, those 20-inch black-painted aluminum wheels wouldn’t stay pretty for long; those running boards would have the life expectancy of a fruit fly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

On top of having a weird smell and the attention span of a fruit fly, that day Markie rushed me at the front door with a buttload of disgusting questions.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen




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