(PhysOrg.com) -- A class of chemical compounds best known today for fragrance and flavor may one day provide the clean, green and renewable fuel with which truck and auto drivers fill their tanks. Researchers at the U.S. ...
Biotechnology
Mar 14, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent discovery that bisabolane, a member of the terpene class of chemical compounds used in fragrances and flavorings, holds high promise as a biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel fuel has generated ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 10, 2012
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In a case of life imitating art, avian scents given off by male songbirds have the females (and males) flocking in.
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Upon testing different fragrances in a perfumery, the so-called top note, consisting of the most volatile odorants, is what characterizes a scent. These odorants determine the first and often most decisive ...
Materials Science
May 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Shakespeare famously wrote, "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." With all due respect to the Bard, University of Florida researchers may have to disagree: no matter what you ...
Biotechnology
Feb 9, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Cornell study reports that the gene that gives rice its highly valued fragrance stems from an ancestor of basmati rice and dispels other long-held assumptions about the origins of basmati.
Biotechnology
Sep 2, 2009
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Burning candles made from paraffin wax -- the most common kind used to infuse rooms with romantic ambiance, warmth, light, and fragrance -- is an unrecognized source of exposure to indoor air pollution, including the known ...
Environment
Aug 19, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Toronto research team from the Department of Chemistry has discovered useful "green" catalysts made from iron that might replace the much more expensive and toxic platinum metals typically ...
Materials Science
Apr 13, 2009
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In retail, fragrance cues are nothing to be sniffed at. Indeed, the scent of vanilla, baking bread, even fresh linen, can affect customer behavior, according to a study published in the International Journal of Indian Culture ...
Economics & Business
Mar 19, 2024
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Have you ever thought about when flowers emit their scents?
Ecology
May 30, 2022
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