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fromJezebel
8 hours ago

First-Ever "Smell Map" Illustrates Just How Little We Knew About Our Noses

Human noses can distinguish over 10,000 scents, yet the understanding of smell remains limited despite new findings on olfactory receptor organization.
Roam Research
fromNature
2 days ago

First detailed 'smell map' reveals how noses track odours

Olfactory receptors in mice are organized in specific spatial patterns, overturning previous understanding of how the sense of smell is structured.
Science
fromNature
6 months ago

Daily briefing: Could microbe-friendly buildings help us be healthier?

Men's brains show greater age-related volume loss than women's, a Japanese influenza epidemic is underway, and new methods reveal specific olfactory receptor–odorant matches.
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