For light, the human eye has two types of receptor cell; for smell ... Many scientists hope that cracking the olfactory code will help them to understand how animals use this essential sense ...

Getty Images Genetics ... In fact, a study of sommelier students found that their olfactory bulbs – a ball of nerve cells used for smelling in the nasal cavity – literally grew bigger over ...

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New Images Reveal Global Air Quality Trends ... hinder the function of mitochondria in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. The study showed that traffic-related ...

Love photos of lava? Adore GIFs of ants ... they have a bigger sort of surface area of these olfactory receptors inside of their nose than we do. RACHEL FELTMAN: Yeah, I’m picturing having drug ...

That sandwich over there? Look closer—that’s a rock. That slice of bacon? A mouth-watering crystal. And, no, those aren’t ...

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

Microplastics can invade the olfactory bulb of the human nose, which transmits smells to the brain, a new study found.

Microplastics continue to be found in some concerning parts of the human body. A new study published Sept. 16 in the JAMA ...

Microplastics have been found in brain tissue above the nose, suggesting a likely passageway for microscopic plastic shards ...

Researchers have identified microplastics in the human olfactory bulb, highlighting a potential pathway for these particles ...

The threads and microplastic pieces were discovered in the olfactory bulb ... are more likely than fibers to bypass microglia cells in the blood-brain barrier, a membrane that protects the ...