Frog embryos associate the smell of predators with danger
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in the US and Canada has found that frogs can learn to associate the smell of predators with danger, even as embryos.
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in the US and Canada has found that frogs can learn to associate the smell of predators with danger, even as embryos.
(PhysOrg.com) -- British scientists are aiming to develop a device that can detect the smell of fear, and that could one day identify terrorists, drug smugglers, and other criminals.
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile virus and other life-threatening ...
Biochemistry
Oct 26, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1913 Theodore Roosevelt added cartographer to his resume when he and his crew ventured up an unspeakably dangerous and uncharted tributary named the River of Doubt. Now, on a charting expedition of their ...
Jan 8, 2009
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have spent the better part of the decade studying the ins and outs of how locusts smell, including how odors affect the insect's behavior.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2024
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Ever noticed that a polyester T-shirt is smellier than a cotton one after you work out? New University of Alberta research now shows why.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 8, 2024
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In a study published in the journal Cell, a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, describes for the first time how odors are encoded in the antennal lobe, the olfactory center ...
Ecology
Jun 18, 2024
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While smell plays a considerable role in the social interactions of humans—for instance, signaling fear or generating closeness—for ants, it is vitally important. Researchers from New York University and the University ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2024
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New research finds that even people with an average sense of smell could be living with a natural gas leak and not know it. The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, finds that small gas leaks can impact indoor ...
Environment
Jun 4, 2024
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Whether it's the wafting aroma of our favorite meal or the dangerous fumes seeping from a toxic chemical, the human sense of smell has evolved into a sophisticated system that processes scents through several intricate stages. ...
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2024
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