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Biology: Biochemistry Ecology: Animals
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When a rat smells a rat - When a Rat Smells a Rat: Understanding the Sense of Smell in Rodents      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Some animals release chemical pheromones which can trigger behavioral or hormonal changes in other a...

Chemistry: General Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry
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A step closer to digitizing the sense of smell: Model describes odors better than human panelists      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A main crux of neuroscience is learning how our senses translate light into sight, sound into hearin...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Evolutionary Ecology: Endangered Species
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Lemurs use long-term memory, smell, and social cues to find food      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

How do foraging animals find their food? A new study shows that lemurs use smell, social cues, and l ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: General Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Detecting odors on the edge: Researchers decipher how insects smell more with less      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

While humans feature a sophisticated sense of smell, insects have a much more basic olfactory system ...

Computer Science: Virtual Reality (VR)
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Smelling in VR environment possible with new gaming technology - Smelling in VR Environment Possible with New Gaming Technology      (via sciencedaily.com) 

An odor machine, so-called olfactometer, makes it possible to smell in VR environments. First up is ...

Biology: Biochemistry
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Studying how serotonin alters locust's sense of smell      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers study the role of serotonin in altering odor driven behavioral and neural responses in l...

Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Smell of human stress affects dogs' emotions leading them to make more pessimistic choices      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Dogs experience emotional contagion from the smell of human stress, leading them to make more 'pessi ...

Biology: Cell Biology Biology: General
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How fruit flies smell carbon dioxide      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Mosquitoes in search of blood as well as fruit flies looking for a place to lay their eggs navigate...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Cell Biology Biology: Developmental Biology: General Biology: Microbiology Biology: Molecular
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Do smells prime our gut to fight off infection?      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In nematodes and humans, mitochondrial stress in the nervous system initiates a whole-body response...

Biology: Botany Biology: Cell Biology
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Silkmoths: Different olfactory worlds of females and males      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Female moths primarily use their sense of smell to find the best host plants on which to lay their e ...

Biology: Evolutionary Ecology: Research Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Geckos know their own odor - Geckos Know Their Own Odor: A Fascinating Insight into the World of Lizards      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Geckos can use their tongue to differentiate their own odor from that of other members of their spec...