Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a tool to identify molecular receptors in worms that are involved in sensing pheromones related to mating, an advance that could speed up neuroscience research ...
Biotechnology
Jan 14, 2020
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Charles Darwin was right.
Evolution
Sep 26, 2019
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The sense of smell is one of the most poorly understood of the five major senses. But now an international team of scientists led by Laurel Yohe of Stony Brook University suggests a new method to quantify olfactory receptors ...
Evolution
Sep 20, 2019
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An international team of researchers has found evidence of evolution influencing the number of neurons that sense certain odors in mammals. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their ...
A new gas detector, developed by researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus, enables highly accurate odour analysis for so many different applications it has been nicknamed the 'artificial nose.'
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 24, 2019
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In her book Silent Spring, Rachel Carson writes: "The sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories…."
Plants & Animals
Jan 4, 2019
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Oriental honey buzzards, birds of prey, likely use a combination of their senses of smell and sight to identify nutritious pollen dough balls found in Taiwanese beehives, according to a study published July 15, 2015 in the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2015
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The science about our our special senses - vision, smell, hearing and taste - offers fascinating and unique perspectives on our evolution.
Evolution
Jul 13, 2015
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A group of scientists led by Dr Kara Hoover of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and including Professor Matthew Cobb of The University of Manchester, has studied how our sense of smell has evolved, and has even reconstructed ...
Evolution
Jul 2, 2015
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A researcher from the University of Pennsylvania has identified a species of dinosaur closely related to Velociraptor, the group of creatures made infamous by the movie "Jurassic Park." The newly named species likely possessed ...
Archaeology
May 11, 2015
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