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Tiny Antennae, Big Discoveries: How Fruit Flies Use Less to Sense More


UC San Diego's study shows fruit flies use a pre-processing mechanism in their sensory system to efficiently decode complex odors, offering insights into sensory system functions and potential technological applications. The human sense of smell is complex, using billions of neurons to identify d

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