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Adjuvants, pesticides disrupt honey bee's sense of smell: Study
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Pesticide sprays have long been recognised as a threat to honey bees. In a new study, researchers uncovered the influence of such sprays on bees' sense of smell, which could disrupt their social signalling.
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Research shows sniffing women's tears lessens aggressive behaviour in men
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
According to new research published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, tears from women contain molecules that reduce violence in men. The study, directed by Shani Agron of Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, discovered that smelling tears reduces brain activity connected to aggres
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Study reveals pesticides, adjuvants disrupt honey bee's sense of smell
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Pesticide sprays have long been known to be hazardous to honey bees. Researchers discovered the effect of such sprays on bees' sense of smell in a new study, which could disrupt their social signals.
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Delhi: Elderly woman's body found wrapped in plastic inside bed box in Har
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
On Friday, Asha Devi's family members reported a foul smell coming from the ground floor of their residence in Delhi's Harsh Vihar. When they opened the bed box at their ground-floor bedroom, they found Asha Devi's body inside the bed box, wrapped in plastic.
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Study finds ways to restore sense of smell in patients with long covid
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Research presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) suggested that an image-guided minimally invasive technique may help restore scent in individuals suffering from long-term COVID.
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New treatment helps to restore sense of smell in patients with long Covid:
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers may be able to restore the sense of smell in people who have suffered from long-COVID via an image-guided minimally invasive approach, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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Study finds bacterium's protective role in chronic rhinosinusitis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
CRS is an inflammatory disease that lasts at least 12 weeks and can cause nasal congestion, nasal discharge, difficulty breathing through the nose, face pain, and even loss of sense of smell.
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Researchers have discovered how our sense of smell might influence how we
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Our five senses provide us with ongoing environmental information. One way our brain makes sense of this deluge of information is by combining information from two or more senses, such as scents with texture smoothness, pitch, colour, and musical dimensions.
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Scientists discovers our sense of smell alters colours we see
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A new research has shown experimentally that such unconscious 'crossmodal' associations with our sense of smell can affect our perception of colours.
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Researchers find how sense of smell can affect our perception of colours
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
We receive constant environmental input through our five senses. Combining information from two or more senses, such as between odours and the smoothness of textures, pitch, colour, and musical dimensions, is one way our brain makes sense of this flood of information. As a result of this sen
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New gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but defends against pathogens: S
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
An international team of scientists led by University of Vienna microbiologist Alexander Loy discovered new gut bacteria that just consume taurine and produce the noxious chemical hydrogen sulphide. As a result, the researchers have improved our understanding of the microbial pathways that h
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Research reveals new gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but protects ag
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
An international team of scientists led by University of Vienna microbiologist Alexander Loy identified a new gut bacteria that feeds only on taurine and creates the foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulphide. The researchers have therefore added to our understanding of those microbial mechanisms t
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