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When the nose no longer knows

By Roberta Kwok / December 13, 2012

Clown fish raised in acidified waters don’t respond properly to smells. For example, they swim toward the scent of a predator instead of away from it. Credit: Simon Foale, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

Pollution can endanger aquatic animals by damaging their sense of smell

Posted in Animals | Tagged animal behavior, behavior, carbon dioxide, clown fish, CO2, copper, Danielle Dixson, dottyback, feature, fish, GABA, Göran Nilsson, James Cook University, Jen McIntyre, Kate de la Haye, Keith Tierney, neurons, nose, Ocean acidification, olfaction, Philip Munday, Plymouth University, Puyallup Research and Extension Center, rockcod, salmon, Schreckstoff, Senses, smell, topstories, University of Alberta, University of Oslo, Washington State University

Learning in your sleep

By Stephen Ornes / September 20, 2012

Your brain is so eager to learn that it does so even while you sleep, scientists recently found. Credit: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Sleeping people can be taught to make connections between sounds and smells

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged Anat Arzi, brain, getinvolved, nervous system, neurobiology, neuroscience, olfaction, sleep, smell, sound, topstories, Weizmann Institute of Science

Cool Jobs: Scents of science

By Pippa Wysong / September 12, 2012

Humpback whales sometimes breach, or leap into the air. Some scientists believe the behavior allows the marine mammals to smell scents wafting over the water.
Credit: NOAA

Better understanding of the sense of smell inspires research into everything from whales to electronic ‘noses’

Posted in Animals, Brain & Behavior, STEM Careers | Tagged acetone, Alzheimer’s, blood sugar, brain scan, breach, cool jobs, diabetes, electronic nose, electronic sniffer, feature, humpback, Institute of Arctic Biology, insulin, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, Jan Straley, Julie Hagelin, odors, olfaction, olfactory bulb, Parkinson’s disease, Perena Gouma, Richard Doty, Rush University Medical Center, smell, Stony Brook, SUNY, the State University of New York, topstories, toxic chemicals, type 1, University of Alaska, University of Pennsylvania Smell and Taste Center, University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test, UPSIT, whale, World Trade Center collapse

The smell of old people

By Stephen Ornes / June 14, 2012

A new study shows the elderly have a distinct smell, described by some volunteer sniffers as “earthy.” Credit: © Creativestock

Tests show that older adults have a distinct odor, but it isn’t bad

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged Dustin Penn, elderly, getinvolved, Johan Lundström, odor, scent, smell

Making snotty scents

By Stephen Ornes / December 13, 2010

Mucus may play big role in the nose’s job of smelling

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged nervous, nose, Senses, smell

Picture the Smell

By Sarah Webb / October 2, 2006

To pinpoint smells, an electronic nose turns scents into colorful data.

Posted in Technology & Engineering | Tagged chemoreceptor, nervous, nose, Senses, smell