Sentences with phrase «odour molecules»

Our dirty laundry — especially sweaty socks and underwear — may also be damp, which further promotes the odour molecules and raises your pooch's perception to the particular clothing item.

It is also possible that smell receptors on sperm respond to odour molecules that find their way into the circulation.

Unlike the human receptors, which respond to odour molecules, the snakes» thermal receptors respond directly to heat, triggering nerve impulses that their brain interprets as an image.

It has been generally assumed that a smell arises when an odour molecule slides into a receptor like a...

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The company also manufactures products for the gas and pipeline industry, like an odour neutralizing formula that destroys molecules in a chemical compound called Mercaptan, a harmless but pungent ‑ smelling gas used widely to make it easier to detect natural gas leaks.

These are the same molecules that allow nasal cells to respond to odours.

They also searched for a second group of molecules called desensitisation proteins, which temporarily stop the receptor cells from responding to an odour.

The fact the sperm cell receptor molecules are found alongside desensitisation proteins — just as they are in the nose — strongly suggests that they detect odours, says Snyder.

4 Freshener: This fabric spray cleans away odours by replacing scent molecules with a fresh scent.