For the first time, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has mapped out exactly what happens when spruce bark beetles use their sense of smell to find trees and partners to reproduce with. The hope is that the ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2021
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Why does that favourite shirt, the one you've been wearing around the house since COVID-19 started, still stink, even after regular washing?
Other
Jul 31, 2020
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Unpleasant odors are, well, unpleasant. Sometimes, we have to endure the stench but legislation is beginning to recognize that people have a right to not be exposed when they are avoidable. This might apply in the context ...
Environment
Jul 17, 2020
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Many encounters between predators and prey take place in dense vegetation. Predators lurk and wait for the best moment to attack, but are seldom visible. For a prey animal, the smell of a predator is one of many signals for ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2020
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Ever wondered why something smells the way it does—good or bad—and why some odors just hang around no matter what you do to get rid of them?
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 7, 2020
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If this surprisingly hot British summer has you fighting off unwelcome armpit aromas, you'll be pleased to learn that science has just brought us a step closer to blocking body odour (BO).
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 3, 2018
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Smells emanating from you can reveal anything from your health status to your personality or political taste.
Plants & Animals
Apr 30, 2018
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Skin squames (cells that peel off from the skin surface) are a source of food for the bacteria found in air-cooling units, which produce odours even in a dust-free air-conditioning system, a study by Hong Kong Baptist University ...
Environment
Feb 1, 2018
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A team of scientists has provided the first evidence that dogs can learn to categorise odours and apply this to scents they have never encountered before.
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2017
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Predators use the smell to home in on wounded animals, whereas mammalian prey species avoid the same odour. This suggests that there may be an old, preserved, evolutionarily food and alarm molecule within the blood odour ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2017
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