Smelly socks could be a key to preventing malaria deaths in the developing world
Grand Challenges Canada announces a grant today to support further development of a new innovative device to attract and kill mosquitoes that can transmit malaria.
View ArticleWomen on Pill pick a dud in bed but a dude in the home
Women who take the Pill tend to choose as partners men who are less attractive and worse in bed but a sounder bet for a long-term relationship, according to an unusual study published in the...
View ArticleDrinking water from plastic pipes - is it harmful?
Pipe-in-pipe systems are now commonly used to distribute water in many homes. The inner pipe for drinking water is made of a plastic called cross-linked polyethylene (PEX). Are these pipes harmful to...
View ArticleHow the smell of food affects how much you eat
Bite size depends on the familiarly and texture of food. Smaller bite sizes are taken for foods which need more chewing and smaller bite sizes are often linked to a sensation of feeling fuller sooner....
View ArticleIn the insect brain, dopamine-releasing nerve cells are crucial to the...
Children quickly learn to avoid negative situations and seek positive ones. But humans are not the only species capable of remembering positive and negative events; even the small brain of a fruit fly...
View ArticleTest to provide help for sufferers of olfactory dysfunction
A psychological test, available for the first time, is intended to make the counselling and treatment of patients with olfactory dysfunction significantly easier. The new method has been developed by...
View ArticleDeodorants: Do we really need them?
New research shows that more than 75 per cent of people with a particular version of a gene don't produce under-arm odour but use deodorant anyway.
View Article'Scent device' could help detect bladder cancer
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and University of the West of England, (UWE Bristol), have built a device that can read odours in urine to help diagnose patients with early signs of...
View ArticleWhy do you want to eat the baby?
What woman has not wanted to gobble up a baby placed in her arms, even if the baby is not hers? This reaction, which everyone has noticed or felt, could have biological underpinnings related to...
View ArticleOpen your eyes and smell the roses: Activating the visual cortex improves our...
A new study reveals for the first time that activating the brain's visual cortex with a small amount of electrical stimulation actually improves our sense of smell. The finding published in the Journal...
View ArticleThere's no evidence human pheromones exist – no matter what you find for sale...
The idea of human pheromones is intuitively appealing, conjuring up the idea of secret signals that make us irresistible to potential partners. But this connection of pheromones with sex may be the...
View ArticleResearch finds men who eat garlic smell more attractive
The beneficial health properties of garlic are well known, but researchers at the University of Stirling and Charles University in Prague have uncovered another less well known and surprising property...
View ArticlePeople choose scents that boost natural body odours
A study by the University of Stirling has found that people choose fragrances that complement their natural scents.
View ArticleOlfactory perception influenced by background and semantic information
When two people smell the same thing, they can have remarkably different reactions, depending on their cultural background. Researchers at the Neuro have found that even when two cultures share the...
View ArticleA nose for smells? Practice makes perfect!
The human brain has the ability to recognise and process a very wide range of sensory stimuli, from which it builds a mental representation. But do these representations change over time? Can we learn...
View ArticleHow the emotions of others influence our olfactory sense
Whether something smells good or bad, does not solely depend on one's own nose.
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