It's not common for technologies developed for space travel to find other applications in the field of medicine, of all places. Nevertheless, an artificial electronic nose, developed for the Endeavor space shuttle, in a bid to help the craft monitor air quality, proved to be extremely useful for neurosurgeons an... |
30 April 2009
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Scientists recently managed to devise a new type of artificial nose, one that combines complicated smell recognition patterns employed by animals with high-end sensors, capable of distinguishing between thousands of odors. A new potent feature the device has is that it can detect foreign molecules in the air, even th... |
30 October 2008
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In a slightly different version of Pavlov's experiment, scientists attempted to recreate the same conditioned response in moths, using sugared water as food. They placed small sensors in the insect's brain and measured the impulses that were triggered when certain scents were released. Thus, they were able ... |
13 October 2008
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The research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has managed to isolate the proteins present in real live human noses, which are believed to be responsible for associating outside stimuli to a certain smell. According to the specialists, the nose converts smells into patterns, which then the brain analy... |
30 September 2008
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