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Humans have about 400 odorant receptors (ORs), but scientists have had trouble finding ligands that match up with most of ...

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Researchers uncovered how ants keep their powerful sense of smell clear: by using a genetic safeguard that silences surrounding receptor genes. This discovery not only solves a decades-old puzzle but ...

TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- People sense millisecond shifts in odor as quickly as they might spot a change in color, new research shows. The study discounts the notion that smell is a ...

Billions of years of evolution have supplied humans with five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. A new study analyzing memory engrams—networks of neurons across brain regions that work ...

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For the first time, scientists have discovered that smell and taste are inseparable much earlier in the brain than we thought. New research shows that odors can actually be coded as tastes in the ...