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The Army Wants Olfactory Sensors That Can Smell Potential Perps At A Distance

Smelling Threats from a Distance Using people's unique scents to identify them before they get too close to troops could save soldiers' lives. If something doesn't smell right, the Army wants to know...

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Researchers Create Ultra-Sensitive Robotic Nose Using Frog Eggs as an...

Detecting Molecules with Frog EggsResearchers at the University of Tokyo are using frog eggs to enhance what might seem like an unlikely element of robotics: olfactory sensing. By injecting the eggs...

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Your Nose Could Use Quantum Tunneling to Distinguish Between Similar Molecules

Drosophila melanogaster It doesn't just smell. It quantum tunnels. Mr.checker via WikimediaThe olfactory sense has long been thought to stem from the way a battery of chemical receptors in the nose...

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Viral Gene Therapy Gives Non-Smelling Mice the Ability to Smell

Science can make blind mice see again and deaf mice hear - now scent-deprived mice can sniff their surroundings and smell for the first time, after a new gene therapy. It may be a while before this...

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'Quantum Sense Of Smell' Theory Gains Traction

Maras, Sniffing It OutJastrow via WikimediaResearchers are still at odds over what mechanisms really lend us our olfactory sense. Our olfactory power is pretty central to our sensory perception--our...

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The Army Wants Olfactory Sensors That Can Smell Potential Perps At A Distance

Smelling Threats from a Distance Using people's unique scents to identify them before they get too close to troops could save soldiers' lives. If something doesn't smell right, the Army wants to know...

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Researchers Create Ultra-Sensitive Robotic Nose Using Frog Eggs as an...

Detecting Molecules with Frog Eggs Researchers at the University of Tokyo are using frog eggs to enhance what might seem like an unlikely element of robotics: olfactory sensing. By injecting the eggs...

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Your Nose Could Use Quantum Tunneling to Distinguish Between Similar Molecules

Drosophila melanogaster It doesn't just smell. It quantum tunnels. Mr.checker via WikimediaThe olfactory sense has long been thought to stem from the way a battery of chemical receptors in the nose...

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Viral Gene Therapy Gives Non-Smelling Mice the Ability to Smell

Olfactory Neurons A microscopic view of cells that detect odors (olfactory sensory neurons) with yellow and green stains showing cilia. University of Michigan Health System Science can make blind mice...

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'Quantum Sense Of Smell' Theory Gains Traction

Maras, Sniffing It Out Jastrow via WikimediaOur olfactory power is pretty central to our sensory perception--our sense of taste relies heavily on it and as an evolutionary survival mechanism it has...

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The Army Wants Olfactory Sensors That Can Smell Potential Perps At A Distance

If something doesn't smell right, the Army wants to know about it. But while the Pentagon has been angling for a biosensors that can smell fear or nervousness in a person's…

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Researchers Create Ultra-Sensitive Robotic Nose Using Frog Eggs as an...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo are using frog eggs to enhance what might seem like an unlikely element of robotics: olfactory sensing. By injecting the eggs with the DNA from various insects...

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Your Nose Could Use Quantum Tunneling to Distinguish Between Similar Molecules

The olfactory sense has long been thought to stem from the way a battery of chemical receptors in the nose interact with molecules based on their physical shapes. But a collaboration between MIT...

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Viral Gene Therapy Gives Non-Smelling Mice the Ability to Smell

Science can make blind mice see again and deaf mice hear — now scent-deprived mice can sniff their surroundings and smell for the first time, after a new gene therapy. It may be a while before this...

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'Quantum Sense Of Smell' Theory Gains Traction

Our olfactory power is pretty central to our sensory perception--our sense of taste relies heavily on it and as an evolutionary survival mechanism it has been and still is a powerful tool. Yet,...

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French Company Plans To Make Custom Perfume That Smells Like Your Loved One

People find all sorts of inventive ways to continue the legacy of their recently deceased relatives. Some start charity funds; others hang on to photographs or old keepsakes. But as Katia Apalategui,...

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