by Susan Keown | Jul 4, 2022 | ScienceWire
Writing for Oregon Public Broadcasting, Jes Burns (@radiojes) tells us about the “Smellcopter,” a machine that uses the antennae of the Carolina sphinx moth to detect odors, and could one day locate dangers such as chemical leaks or sniff out missing people. Unlike an...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2013 | ScienceWire
Eric Sorensen writes that when state regulators field complaints about bad smells, they can run tests with both machines and humans. In the case of a recent industrial compost case, complaining neighbors won by the nose. In ”Passing the Smell Test,” Eric explores the...
