Can an artificial nose detect food spoilage?
Researchers have developed an energy-efficient computing-based chip with smell-sensing units that can detect food spoilage and provides real-time conditions continuously ...
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How the cat nose knows what it’s smelling
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have found the secret to felines’ finesse at sniffing out food, friends and foes. A complex ...
The nose knows: Career Awardee developing bioinspired optical sniffer sensor
The human nose, which has around 6 million olfactory receptors, can distinguish between at least 1 trillion different odors. Dogs ...
UMass Amherst researchers invent “electronic nose” built with sustainably sourced microbial nanowires that could revolutionize health monitoring
AMHERST, Mass. – Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced the invention of a nanowire, 10,000 times thinner ...
The nose knows: study suggests it may be wise to screen for smell loss to predict frailty and unhealthy aging
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In a study using data from nearly 1,200 older adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to ...
Itchy eyes and a runny nose? It could be climate change
Researchers with the Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute have simulated how climate change will affect the distribution of ...
Study explores link between shark nose shape, size and sensitivity of smell
Sharks have reputations as “super smellers” that use olfaction to detect odors related to finding prey and mates, communicating with ...
Multi-institutional research team awarded prestigious grant to improve early diagnosis and survival rate for nose cancer
A team of researchers led by A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), along with the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore ...
Male dogs four times more likely to develop contagious cancer on nose or mouth than females
Sniffing or licking other dogs’ genitalia – the common site of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour – can spread this unusual ...
Robot nose that can “smell” disease on your breath
Scientists are working on diagnostic techniques that could sniff out chemical compounds from breath, sweat, tears and other bodily emissions ...
What the nose doesn’t know helps wildlife: Using olfactory cues to protect vulnerable species
Animals – both herbivores and predators – follow their noses for a broad range of food sources. The principle applies ...
Vapers exhale from nose more often than cigarette smokers
E-cigarette vapers and hookah smokers are more than twice as likely to exhale particles through their nose compared with cigarette ...
Model of the human nose reveals first steps of SARS-CoV-2 and RSV infection
Preclinical models that recapitulate aspects of human airway disease are essential for the advancement of novel therapeutics and vaccines. In ...
Stopping dementia at the nose with combination of rifampicin and resveratrol
Dementia is thought to occur when proteins called amyloid-β, tau, and α-synuclein accumulate in the brain and form oligomers. A ...
Electronic nose on a drone sniffs out wastewater treatment plant stink
Researchers from Spain have engineered a portable electronic nose (e-nose) that’s almost as sharp as a human nose at sniffing ...
Does Parkinson’s start in the nose? International team awarded US$9 million ASAP grant to find out
More than 80 percent of people with Parkinson’s disease suffer from a reduced sense of smell, something that often occurs ...
Electronic nose can sniff out when a lung transplant is failing
An electronic “nose” is capable of detecting with 86% accuracy when a lung transplant is beginning to fail, according to ...
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New research finds that ancient carbon in rocks releases as much carbon dioxide as the world’s volcanoes
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New $81million NIH grant will help U.S. answer urgent need for better dementia care
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IU cancer researcher receives $2.2 million grant for metastatic breast cancer research
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The World Mitochondria Society will host Targeting Mitochondria 2023 with challenging visions in Berlin
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Pumped for frigid weather: study pinpoints cold adaptations in nervous system of Antarctic octopus
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Globally, consumption of sugary drinks increased at least 16% since 1990