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Olfactory signals can switch fat storage mechanisms on and off without having any effect on appetite or eating habits, says a Baylor research team that’s traced the way olfactory nerves regulate fat metabolism in C. elegans worms.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading New research shows how specific odors can turn fat storage on or off
There’s a long line of research projects aimed at leveraging the famous sensitivity of canine noses to detect risks to human health, including explosives, cancer and other diseases. But could they help us combat one of the gravest dangers we’ve faced i… Continue reading UK researchers begin training dogs to detect the scent of COVID-19
A growing volume of medical experts around the world are suggesting a loss of the sense of smell may be an early indication of COVID-19. However, the preliminary, and still relatively anecdotal, observation is not officially recognized as a COVID-19 sy… Continue reading An early COVID-19 symptom may be loss of smell, some doctors claim
Computers can already boast superhuman sensory abilities in sight and hearing, but smell has been much more difficult. The human nose isn’t a particularly good one compared to the rest of the animal kingdom, but it’s still a complex piece of machinery,… Continue reading Intel’s neuromorphic Loihi chip is rapidly learning to discern smells
A new brain imaging study from a team of UK researchers has found an infusion of the naturally occurring hormone called kisspeptin can enhance brain activity related to sexual attraction in response to visual and odor cues. This suggests the hormone ma… Continue reading Kisspeptin, the attraction-triggering hormone akin to mental viagra
With electrodes up the nose, they made people smell things that weren’t there. Continue reading These Researchers Want to Send Smells Over the Internet
Is a jar of sweat that much better than an article of clothing? Continue reading A Jar of Sweat Helped Police Find a Missing Woman in Five Minutes
What does it smell like when the wheels heat up on that Formula 1 car you drive at night and on the weekends? You have no idea because the Virtual Reality experience that lets you do so doesn’t come with a nasal component. Yet.
Shown here is an olfactory device that works with Oculus Rift and other head-mounted displays. The proof of concept is hte work of [Kazuki Hashimoto], [Yosuke Maruno], and [Takamichi Nakamoto] and was shown of at last year’s IEEE VR conference. It lets the wearer smell the oranges when approaching a tree in a virtual environment. In …read more
