Scientists say trained bees can sniff bombs
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Scientists at a U.S. weapons laboratory say they have trained bees to sniff out explosives in a project they say could have far-reaching applications for U.S. homeland security and the Iraq war.
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A pair of American scientists who as co-workers and later as competitors worked out the basic biology of the sense of smell - one of the body&#39;s most enigmatic and emotion-laden functions â-ave won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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A simple scratch-and-sniff test may help doctors identify patients with Alzheimer&#39;s disease, according to researchers. They found that patients with early Alzheimer&#39;s disease may be unable to smell certain
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By DEBORAH BAKER SANTA FE, N.M. - Here's the latest buzz on detecting explosives: bomb-sniffing bees. A study at Los Alamos National Laboratory has found that honeybees can be trained to detect explosives, even in tiny quantities.
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Scientists in Britain have said they have figured out how insects fly, bringing bee-sized surveillance aircraft a step closer to reality.
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Sniffer rescue dogs trained to find explosives or earthquake survivors buried in rubble may soon have some competition -- rats. The rodents can crawl into the tiniest spaces and have a strong sense of smell.
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British scientists report that dogs can be trained to detect bladder cancer in people by smelling their urine. The animals&#39; exceptional sense of smell can distinguish the odor of compounds that tumors are thought to produce.
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Single-stranded DNA can be used to identify explosives and other airborne compounds.
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Scientists believe the honey bee may hold the key to understanding more about alcohol addiction.
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A simple scratch and sniff test may help doctors identify patients with Alzheimer's disease, researchers said on Monday.
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Sniffer rescue dogs trained to find explosives or earthquake survivors buried in rubble may soon have some competition -- rats.
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Army bomb experts are examining two suspicious objects in County Londonderrry.
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Scientists say a simple smell test may be able to help doctors identify certain people at risk for developing Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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Large nostrils count more than a big nose when it come to smelling power, German scientists have said after completing a three-year-long study aimed at treating smelling disorders.
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DHS wants to build a portable lab to set up at events and transit hubs to test ways to detect terrorists using remote sensors and pyschological techniques.  Will your thoughts be clean enough to board the train? In 27B Stroke 6.
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The study indicates the human brain compares information it gets from each nostril to get clues about where a smell is coming from. And it suggests dogs, mice and other mammals do the same thing, contrary to what most scientists have thought.
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It has long been suspected that manâs best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.