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Fruit fly larvae will reorient themselves toward the negative pole of an electric field.

Scientists discover that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields

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Origins of Nervous System Found in Genes of Sea Sponge, Report Scientists at UC Santa Barbara

UCSB Chancellor's Breakfast to Focus on the Future of Molecular Medicine

UCSB Physicist Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Exploring the Frontiers of Cancer Research

UCSB Neurobiologist Receives Faculty's Highest Honor

Genetic Modification Enables Mice to See New Colors

Self-Guided Exotic Flora Walking Tour of UC Santa Barbara Is 'A Walk Through Six Continents of Plant Life'

Three UCSB Faculty Members Awarded Prestigious Sloan Fellowships

UCSB Marine Biologist to Present Talk at Opening Ceremony for the International Polar Year

UCSB Study on Sibling Detection Mechanism Highlighted in 'Nature'

NIH Funds Innovative Alzheimer's Research Initiated at UCSB

Renowned Psychologist Steven Pinker to Deliver Free, Public Lecture on Language and Human Nature at UCSB's SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind
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