Tag Archives: Odor Perception
Electric shock improves odor perception
It sure seems like we’re discovering an exponential number of fascinating new things about the olfactory system these days. An article that came out of the recent Symposium on Olfaction and Taste has been forwarded to me at least a … Continue reading
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Olfactory mapping technique created by Israeli scientists
If odors were on a map, the way colors are “mapped” on a rainbow, which scents would be where? Israeli scientists have created an olfactory map based on analysis of 450 different scents. The map uses a 32-dimensional mathematical model, … Continue reading
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Olfactometer debuts in SF this week
If you’re in San Francisco this week, stop by the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste. While you’re there, check out the “olfactometer” to find out whether your sniffer is up to snuff. It takes 12 minutes to smell 40 … Continue reading
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Pollution harms sense of smell for Mexico City dwellers
A recent study has shown that residents of Mexico city, one of the world’s most polluted capital cities, are sustaining damage to their sense of smell. The test, conducted by a researcher at Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM), involved testing … Continue reading
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Sensor technology incorporates living olfactory cells on microchips
Scientists at the Clark School of Engineering have been developing new sensor technology incorporating living olfactory cells on microchips. The cells are kept in place by means of tiny electrical fields on the chips, and their health is tracked by … Continue reading
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Asthma drug may fix hyposmia
Researchers at the Taste Smell Clinic have found that an old asthma drug can bring back smelling ability to those who’ve lost it. The drug, theophylline, restores some smelling ability to those with biochemistry-based smell hyposmia. Theophylline, used long ago … Continue reading
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€5 million insurance policy goes to a nose
Dutch winemaker Ilja Gort has taken out an insurance policy on his nose valued at €5 million. Gort, who owns Chateau de la Garde winery in Bordeaux, says his nose is essential to his ability to guarantee the quality of … Continue reading
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