Featured in scents
Oct 17, 2019
Candles to make your home cozier
A flickering flame makes every room feel warmer.
Aug 22, 2016
Science Shows That Men Who Eat Salads Smell More Attractive To Women
Step away from the bagels
Apr 08, 2016
Copying Smells, And Testing The Copies
How we'll figure out whether machines can mimic the scents of reality
Jun 03, 2013
Building a better bomb detector
Dogs are the best bomb detectors we have. Can scientists do better?
Dec 15, 2012
Adorable Beagle Diagnoses Deadly Infections By Sniffing You
Cliff the beagle can sniff out a dangerous bacterium just by smelling patients--no stool sample or long lab analysis necessary.
Nov 12, 2010
DARPA Wants To Detect Chemical Attacks By First Mapping Every City’s Normal Scent
Then, if something goes wrong, a quick whiff will let them know
Apr 30, 2010
30-Second Science: Using Scents to Restore Old Books, Fight Infestation, and Improve Behavior
Three ways that scientists are using the fifth sense
Feb 19, 2010
Smell-Visualizing Colorimeter Can Fingerprint Coffee Aromas and Toxic Gases
A cheap meter can now translate the most esoteric coffee aromas into pretty colored dot patterns that anyone can recognize....
Feb 13, 2010
Next Year, Give Your Valentine Custom-Engineered Flowers With Bespoke Scents
A root-beer bouquet, anyone?