Scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have created the first molecular-level, 3D picture of how an odour molecule activates a human odorant receptor, breaking a long-standing impasse in our understanding of olfaction.
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI): According to recent research from the University of Gothenburg, activated carbon may help erase the smell of urine from diapers. Experiments with the odour molecule p-cresol reveal that activated carbon, which is primarily composed of the carbon variation