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Feb. 3, 2022 Variations in the genes for the newly discovered scent receptors for musk and underarm odor add to a growing body of research suggesting that humans' sense of smell is gradually becoming less ...
June 29, 2021 The stink of ammonia in urine, sweat, and rotting meat repels humans, but many insects find ammonia alluring. Now, researchers have figured out how the annoying insects smell it, a discovery that ...
Aug. 18, 2022 When female mosquitoes are looking for a human to bite, they smell a unique cocktail of body odors that we emit into the air. These odors then stimulate receptors in the mosquitoes' antenna. ...
Feb. 20, 2023 Geckos can use their tongue to differentiate their own odor from that of other members of their species, as researchers have shown in a new experimental study. The findings show that geckos are able ...
Jan. 10, 2022 Researchers studying locusts have found that the presence of smell can be determined by simply adding and subtracting the presence of certain ...
Mar. 16, 2022 In what they call surprise findings, scientists report that -- unlike fruit flies -- mosquitoes' odor sensing nerve cells shut down when those cells are forced to produce odor-related proteins, ...
Feb. 8, 2022 For the first time, researchers have found a cost-effective and convenient way to apply a silver-based antimicrobial clear coating to new or existing textiles. Their method uses polyphenols, commonly ...
Sep. 22, 2021 Many children, as well as adults, dislike Brassica vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and Brussels sprouts. In the mouth, enzymes from these vegetables and from bacteria in saliva can ...
July 28, 2021 Researchers have shown that feeding bumble bees caffeine helps them better remember the smell of a specific flower with nectar inside. While previous studies have shown that bees like caffeine and ...
Jan. 17, 2024 Female moths primarily use their sense of smell to find the best host plants on which to lay their eggs, with the deterrent effect of caterpillar feces playing an important role, according to new ...