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The Mind Lab, an independent consultancy in the UK, studies the odor of a building as part of research on the brain's responses to stimuli. [17] Real estate brokers have been recommending to their clients to have smells of freshly baked cookies or the aroma of coffee in the house when it is being presented to potential buyers to create a sense ...
In 1982, she joined the laboratory of Richard Axel, also at Columbia in the Institute of Cancer Research. After reading Sol Snyder's group research paper at Johns Hopkins University, Buck set out to map the olfactory process at the molecular level, tracing the travel of odors through the cells of the nose to the brain. Buck and Axel worked with ...
Researcher sampling the volatile organic compounds of a historic book using solid phase microextraction at the Heritage Science Lab in University College London Institute for Sustainable Heritage. Olfactory heritage science is an emerging field of research, focused on the scientific techniques to analyse, document and preserve odours and the ...
The odor detection threshold is the lowest concentration of a certain odor compound that is perceivable by the human sense of smell. The threshold of a chemical compound is determined in part by its shape, polarity, partial charges, and molecular mass. The olfactory mechanisms responsible for a compound's different detection threshold is not ...
Since 1982, [2] research has been conducted to develop technologies, commonly referred to as electronic noses, that could detect and recognize odors and flavors. The stages of the recognition process are similar to human olfaction and are performed for identification, comparison, quantification and other applications, including data storage and ...
A teen won’t let her older sister borrow her favorite dress — and now her sister is accusing her of being “selfish.”. The woman, 19, shared her situation on the popular Reddit forum “Am ...
Svetlana Dali was arrested for the second time this month on Monday, after a first arrest by the FBI on Dec. 4 for stowing away on a Delta Air Lines flight from the United States to France.
Johnnie Walker, a former BBC Radio 2 DJ known for hosting the “Sounds of the 70s” show, died Monday. He was 79. The news was announced live on the station by Bob Harris, who took over Johnnie ...