Humans have about 400 odorant receptors (ORs), but scientists have had trouble finding ligands that match up with most of these ORs in lab settings—leaving them with a murky understanding of how ...

Main character syndrome is the perception that your life is a story or a movie where you’re the central character. A term that was born on social media, it’s not a true syndrome or mental disorder.

With each of the more than 23,000 breaths we take per day, air travels through the respiratory system into the lungs, where vital gas exchange occurs: oxygen is absorbed, and carbon dioxide is ...

It’s not just hotels and casinos that are spritzing their essence into the air these days. Here in L.A., businesses from Bird Streets to Balenciaga to HD Buttercup are suddenly all in on "olfactory ...

There's a little-known psychiatric condition where patients are preoccupied with the unfounded belief that they emit terrible body odor, causing them anxiety, embarrassment and severe distress. This ...

You know who you are. You exhibit a subtle double-take when someone turns away from you when you walk by; then you put your hand to your mouth when you think no one is looking to see if your breath ...

Realizing a Phase I human clinical trial commencing to test the efficacy and safety of the transplantation of olfactory cell nerve bridges to treat chronic spinal cord injury. Since the passing of ...

Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that have been found all over the world and in the human body. Oregon State University via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 Microplastics are inescapable.

New research reveals that microplastics can penetrate the brain through the nasal passages, prompting urgent questions about their impact on human health and the environment. Study: Microplastics in ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder, commonly referred to as OCD, is a chronic condition characterised by recurrent persistent thoughts which usually co-occur with repetitive compulsive behaviour.