The process of olfaction remains one of the most intriguing sensory systems in biology, with recent advances invigorating debate over the mechanisms by which organisms detect and discriminate chemical ...

Of the five human senses, smell gets the least respect. It’s the sense people say they would miss the least if they lost it, according to a 2018 YouGov America survey. Nearly half of adults between ...

A specific session will be dedicated to demonstrations in digital olfaction field. Creators can personally exhibit their devices, products, and solutions on-site. The 8 th Annual Meeting of the ...

How do you measure a smell? It's a question that you probably haven't given much thought to, and frankly, you wouldn't be alone. Aryballe, a digital olfaction startup based in Grenoble, France, has ...

To overcome those limitations, some research groups are turning back to the brain for fresh ideas. But a handful of them are choosing what may at first seem like an unlikely starting point: the sense ...

Dr. José Pedro Santos and Dr. Jesús Lozano will showcase innovative wearable devices, a smart necklace and a smartwatch, integrated with advanced electronic noses for real-time scent detection. We are ...

Insects use their antennae for smelling and thus for locating resources in their environment. In a new study, researchers present the first complete analysis of genes involved in antennal olfaction of ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was declared early in 2020, following the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December of the previous ...

Olfaction may play an important role in the motivation to seek voluntary exercise, according to a new study. The University of California, Riverside (UCR) researchers speculate that "individual ...