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Having been domesticated many thousands of years ago, dogs have evolved to become highly attuned to human behavior, but a study has taken this concept into new terrain. The authors conducted experiments to explore whether canines can detect increasing … Continue reading Study demonstrates dogs can detect the smell of human stress
An international team of researchers has discovered an incredible way some viruses can alter the smell of their host in order to attract mosquitoes and spread to the next person. The study revealed Dengue and Zika viruses can alter a host’s skin microb… Continue reading How viruses can change your body odor to attract mosquitoes
A compelling new study from researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests we tend to make friends with people who smell the same as us. Across a series of experiments the researchers found volunteers interacted more positively with stranger… Continue reading Body odor similarities found to play a role in forming friendships
A fascinating new proof-of-concept study from a team of researchers in France suggests trained ants could be effective at detecting cancer in humans. The researchers demonstrated a certain species of ant can be quickly trained to detect cancerous cells… Continue reading Cancer-sniffing ants prove as accurate as dogs in detecting disease
By the time that Parkinson’s disease is causing observable symptoms such as loss of muscle control, it’s often advanced to the stage that it’s difficult to treat. In an effort to detect the disease earlier, scientists have developed an “electronic nose” that sniffs it out.
Tags: Parkinson’s Disease, Diagnostic devices, Skin, Odor, Zhejiang University
Continue reading e-nose designed to detect Parkinson’s disease in skin odor
If you’ve ever been eaten alive by mosquitoes at a barbecue while the person sitting next to you escapes unbitten, the color of your clothes might be to blame. New experiments reveal that certain colors attract hungry mosquitoes while others are ignore… Continue reading New study reveals how the color of your shirt could attract mosquitoes
An intriguing new study has found a chemical excreted by babies can influence aggression in humans. The findings reveal curious sex-specific responses to the chemical, triggering aggression in women but blocking aggression in men.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Baby smell triggers aggression in women but calms men down
Wastewater treatment plants generally aren’t known for their nice smell, and they have to be monitored in order to ensure that they’re not becoming too stinky. An experimental new system uses an “e-nose” and a drone to do the job better.Continue Readin… Continue reading Drone-mounted electronic nose used to assess wastewater plant odor
Our sense of smell seems to be the most complicated, and as such it’s the least understood. To help shed some light on the system, researchers at Rockefeller University have taken the first cryo-electron microscope images of an olfactory receptor at wo… Continue reading Science of smell: The first molecular images of odor receptors at work
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed an electronic nose (or e-nose) that may be able to sniff out signs of cancer from blood plasma samples. In tests, the device was able to detect a range of cancer types with over 90 percent ac… Continue reading Electronic nose sniffs out cancer in blood samples with over 90% accuracy