Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the ...

Wine tasting with expertise is clearly a skill, but can this talent be learned? Experts think so, and there's science behind ...

We know the components of the olfactory system — the odorant receptors, the olfactory sensory neurons, the regions in the nervous system — that allow us to do that. But how exactly it works ...

A study published in the journal JAMA Network Open and conducted by included researchers from the University of São Paulo ...

A 2014 study found that many animals have a stronger sense of smell than humans. Researchers explored the smell receptors of ...

The aromatic molecules of essential oils interact with the olfactory system, the part of the brain responsible for processing smells. The olfactory system is directly connected to the limbic ...

Two more receptor structures 7, 8, from the olfactory system in mice, followed last year. Both of them sense a bunch of chemicals with distinctly unlikeable fishy, musky or putrid odours ...

The old cliché says it's good to stop and smell the roses. If you believe a series of viral videos, you may appreciate them more if you grew up in the US. It started with an offhand comment about ...

This led to the discovery that the air actually divides into two separate flow streams; one that is cleansed and humidified ...

Microplastics have been detected in the smell centre of the human brain for the first time, suggesting the actual quantity of ...

Microplastics infiltrate human bodies, threatening our health. Recent studies suggest widespread environmental contamination.