For home gardeners and farmers, herbivorous insects present a major threat to their hard work and crop yields. The predator insects that feed on these bugs emit odors that pests can sense, which changes the pests' behavior ...
Agriculture
Aug 25, 2021
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There's no sense quite like smell to trigger an emotional response. One whiff of a damp basement, a dusty blanket, a ripe strawberry, or a steaming bowl of pasta can instantly evoke feelings and memories that have their roots ...
Other
Aug 17, 2021
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Flavor is the name of the game for scientists who want to optimize food for consumption in ways that improve nutrition or combat obesity.
Other
Jul 19, 2021
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The stink of ammonia in urine, sweat, and rotting meat repels humans, but many insects find ammonia alluring. Now, UConn researchers have figured out how the annoying insects smell it, a discovery that could lead to better ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2021
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The sharp eyes of an eagle, the extraordinary hearing of an owl—to successfully find food, the eyes and ears of birds have adapted optimally to their living conditions. Until now, the sense of smell has played a rather ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2021
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL (University College London) have found that mice can sense extremely fast and subtle changes in the structure of odors and use this to guide their behavior. The findings, ...
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2021
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Lemurs can use their sense of smell to locate fruit hidden more than 50 feet away in the forest—but only when the wind blows the fruit's aroma toward them, according to a study published in the American Journal of Physical ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2021
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You might not normally think about what corals smell like—or how the smell changes during heat stress. However, that is what researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the University of Sydney and Southern ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2020
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Despite their reputation, rats are surprisingly sociable and actually regularly help each other out with tasks. Researchers at the Universities of Göttingen, Bern and St Andrews have now shown that a rat only has to smell ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 25, 2020
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A lot of people seem to think their pup's paws smell like corn chips.
Other
Nov 19, 2020
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