Our olfactory system, which originated millions of years ago, evolved to detect small changes in the chemical composition of ...

Most of us would feel pressed if someone asked us to come up with a word or phrase to describe our favorite perfume or ...

The odor receptors in the nose are not distributed at random but organized in a precise spatial pattern, two new studies ...

Scientists have only just discovered what the inside of our noses actually look like ...

Discover how smell receptors in our noses aren’t randomly arranged but are highly organized, offering new paths toward ...

An artful take on Caprese salad — half circles of heirloom tomato, watermelon triangles and mozzarella orbs decorated with violets, caviar-like beads of balsamic vinegar and walnut-pesto dressing — is ...

This new study evaluated outcomes following add-on dupilumab to treat severe uncontrolled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Dupilumab was shown to improve olfaction impairment (OI) in ...

The process of olfaction remains one of the most intriguing sensory systems in biology, with recent advances invigorating debate over the mechanisms by which organisms detect and discriminate chemical ...

Of the five human senses, smell gets the least respect. It’s the sense people say they would miss the least if they lost it, according to a 2018 YouGov America survey. Nearly half of adults between ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was declared early in 2020, following the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December of the previous ...

Scientists have uncovered the genetics behind two distinct types of olfactory sensory neurons; the so called 'class I olfactory neurons' that has persisted from aquatic to terrestrial animals and the ...