Enemy odors help flies protect their offspring
Female Drosophila flies avoid laying eggs at sites that smell of parasitic wasps.
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Wild plants call to carnivores to get rid of pests—could crops do the same?
Rose gardeners have a lot to say about aphids. Some may advise insecticides as a way to manage an infestation, but others will swear by live ladybugs (natural predators of aphids). The latter is more environmental friendly, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2015
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Keeping the smells of onions, garlic and other stinky foods under wraps
Some of the world's most popular foods and seasonings can also be the smelliest—think garlic, onions, certain cheeses and the notoriously stinky Asian durian fruit. No amount of plastic wrap seems to contain their stench, ...
Materials Science
Jul 8, 2015
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Locusts provide insight into brain response to stimuli, senses
By training a type of grasshopper to recognize odors, a team of biomedical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis is learning more about the brain and how it processes information from its senses.
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Apr 28, 2015
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Fruit flies use olfactory cues to detect healthy antioxidants in their food
Antioxidants are natural food ingredients that protect cells from harmful influences. Their main task is to neutralize so-called "free radicals" which are produced in the process of oxidation and which are responsible for ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2015
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Design and enantioselective synthesis of new Cashmeran odorants
When a perfume is said to include Cashmere Wood, it means the typical smell of the odorant Cashmeran. As described in the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists from Switzerland and Germany have introduced new members in this ...
Materials Science
Jan 27, 2015
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How malaria-spreading mosquitoes can tell you're home
Females of the malaria-spreading mosquito tend to obtain their blood meals within human dwellings. Indeed, this mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, spends much of its adult life indoors where it is constantly exposed to human odor ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 22, 2015
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Why does rotting food smell bad?
When food goes bad and starts to become pungent, it is most often due to the growth of spoilage microbes such as bacteria, yeasts and mold. Odors can come from two sources: chemicals that are released from the food as the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2014
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Better benefits and less smell from slurry with new technologies
Usability and hygienic status of slurry can be considerably improved with new aeration based technologies, new study shows.
Environment
Dec 2, 2014
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Love at first smell: Can birds choose mates by their odors?
Mate choice is often the most important decision in the lives of humans and animals. Scientists at the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology at the Vetmeduni Vienna have found the first evidence that birds may choose their ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2014
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