Staying the course: fruit flies employ stabiliser reflex to recover from midflight stumbles
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 09:57
in Biology & Nature
Observing the aerial manoeuvres of fruit flies, Cornell University researchers have uncovered how the insects - when disturbed by sharp gusts of wind - right themselves and stay on course. Fruit flies use an automatic stabilizer reflex that helps them recover with precision from midflight stumbles, according to observations published online 1 March in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
