New technology could be used to detect drugs at airports, diagnose certain cancers and test food quality, researchers say Humans can detect more than one trillion different smells, according... Read more
Researchers of the University of Konstanz the first to detect cancer cells using the olfactory senses A research unit in an international cooperation project, led by the Konstanz-based neuro... Read more
A dollop of peanut butter and a ruler can be used to confirm a diagnosis of early stage Alzheimer’s disease, University of Florida Health researchers have found. Jennifer Stamps, a graduate... Read more
If a mosquito can’t sense that dinner is ready, there will be no buzzing, no landing and no bite In an advance toward providing mosquito-plagued people, pets and livestock with an invisibili... Read more
Portuguese designer Susana Soares has developed a device for detecting cancer and other serious diseases using trained bees ( + slideshow). The bees are placed in a glass chamber into which... Read more
Good news for crop farmers this week with UK scientists discovering molecules they hope will confuse insects’ sense of smell and therefore their ability to detect plants – and each other. Th... Read more