Sentences with phrase «pheromones on»

That's why by stroking her near her scent glands, you are getting these pheromones on your hand, which makes for a calming experience for Puss.

When they examined the male macroglomerulus — a large glomerular structure dedicated to receiving and relaying female sexual pheromone - related information — the scientists found that it mirrors the spatial arrangement of the receptor for sexual pheromones on the antennae.

Christians outnumber Jews hundreds to one, but they still must spray their pheromones on every tree and fire hydrant.

Their orchestration is still weak because there is so little pheromone on the trail.

In their randomized, blinded, crossover study, the researchers found cats were more likely to scratch surfaces with the pheromone on them than surfaces without, and concluded the use of FIS in changing where cats scratch — of great importance when inappropriate scratching can result in a cat ending up in a shelter or living outside.

Not exact matches

There are multiple companies out there that match users based on pheromones, i.e. chemicals that influence the bodies or behavior of other members of the same species.

• substances on EPA List 3 — Inerts of Unknown Toxicity; allowed only for use in passive pheromone dispensers.

After we caught up on the new and old men in our lives, Cara, the only suck - up to bring an article this week, began a discussion on the fragrances that remind men of pumpkin pie — based on her article from Cosmopolitan (inherited, NOT purchased), which contested that a combination of pie and lavender is in fact the key to pheromone attraction.

Researchers believe that the pheromones given off by the top of a baby's head disable our aggressive impulses, making it more likely that babies will survive to pass on their genes.

Plus the ink on the back is laced with pheromones.

If I started to focus on the sadness over the birth experience, I would kiss Bambino's forehead and smell all those delicious baby pheromones.

These measures, she said, include the deployment of pheromone trap catches in various locations across the country to ascertain the levels of infestation, training of MoFA staff and farmers on scouting, early detection and sustainable management of the pest in the event of an outbreak.

But the restaurant was experimenting with adding insects to their recipes and one day, she saw Chef Lars Williams reading a research paper on insect pheromones.

«These have very similar pockets on their front wings, which they use to spray pheromones into the air in order to attract a mate,» reports Stebner.

The large specialised gland on the male's back releases pheromones that attract a mate.

Today's biting midges use significantly simpler attractant evaporators structures for pheromone release on their abdomen.

Researchers working on the Ribeirão Preto campus of the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that a bacterium found in the microbiota associated with leafcutter ant species Atta sexdens rubropilosa produces the so - called «trail pheromones,» i.e, the aromatic chemical compounds used by the ants to lay a trail to their nest.

«Right about five o'clock in the afternoon — we call it the rush hour — the beetles climb to the top of the trees and release a sex pheromone that travels on the wind.

Andstudies have shown that exposure to some human emanations can boostmood, tweak hormones, and inspire aggression or attraction in others.Nonetheless, scientists haven't figured out how human pheromones work.They can't even agree on a single chemical worthy of the title.

«Swimming with the Salmon» is a beautiful love story based on the olfactory chemistry of pheromones.

Preti is hot on the scent of the human armpit because he believes that secretions from the so - called axillary region harbor pheromones, airborne chemical signals that influence mating, dominance, familyties, and maturation in other species of the animal kingdom.

The research team's paper, «Cerambycid beetle species with similar pheromones are segregated by phenology and minor pheromone components,» is featured on the cover of the May issue of the Journal of Chemical Ecology.

Research on insect pheromones has practical applications, he said.

In the Western U.S., pheromones are used to combat a longhorned beetle known as the California prionus that is a pest on hops, Mitchell said.

Other Discover assignments included articles on savants, artificial sight, bee research (during which Smolka endured multiple stings), and finally, in the July 2003 issue last year, an article on human pheromones.

«The call of the dung: How flies find their meal: Frass excreted on fruits by vinegar flies contains sex pheromones and invites conspecifics to join the meal.»

According to Fotini Koutroumpa, lead author of the study and researcher at the UvA's Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), the results point to future research on the tiny but complex moth brain, which will shed light on how the diverse pheromone systems of the thousands of moth species has changed throughout evolution.

Moths chase single molecules of seemingly scentless pheromones, and a male satyrid butterfly woos with the invisible (to us) ultraviolet on his eyespot.

Artificial illumination also misleads female cabbage moths into skimping on production of their usual sex pheromone lure.

Like many other fungi, Baker's yeast has mating receptors, proteins on its cell surface that detect pheromones released by potential partners.

The sexual attractant used by female silkworm moths, bombykol, was the first pheromone to be identified and its effect on males proven (this occurred in the late 1950s).

This visualization is based on the foraging behavior of the seed harvesting ant P. barbatus, a species which does not use pheromone trails for finding food.

A few years ago, Johnson demonstrated that baiting lamprey traps with the pheromone, called 3kPZS, increased trap efficiency by 10 % on average, and in some streams more than 30 %.

In a computer simulation of pheromone evaporation [see middle illustration on page 42], researchers presented identical food sources to an artificial colony at different distances from the nest.

On the other hand, if the agent went quickly from one node to another, it would reinforce the use of that path by leaving a lot of «pheromone» — that is, by increasing the appropriate scores substantially.

Maybe some pheromone turns on those testosterone - sculpted parts of the male brain.

The 20 men who sniffed the pheromone offered, on average, half a euro more than the control group (about $ 5), and accepted offers around half a euro lower (about $ 3), the researchers report this week in PLOS ONE.

Previous investigations focused on the chemicals as sexual attractants — studying a male pheromone's effect on female mood and behavior, for example.

She cautions that this is just one study that must be reproduced before a final verdict is made, but it «puts a question mark on the view that pheromones don't affect humans.»

Yet 70 % of people lack a vomeronasal organ, a crescent - shaped bundle of neurons at the base of each nostril that allows a variety of species — from reptiles to nonprimate mammals — to pick up on pheromones.

Entomologists have long known that insects typically communicate using odors called pheromones, but they haven't been able to agree on what aggregation pheromones encourage pesky roaches to stick close to one another.

The researchers played a dirty trick on some male fruit flies, housing them with other males that had been genetically altered to exude female pheromones, or scent molecules.

In addition, the pheromone breaks down over time at a rate that depends on climate conditions, which enables construction to adapt to the environment.

On the other hand, in a humid environment, the pheromone persists for a longer time, which leads to a greater number of pillars and to smaller chambers.

They add a pheromone to their material, which stimulates the other ants to build on the same spot, leading to the formation of regularly spaced pillars.

I would have erred had I not cited other works by Vosshall and Keller in the concluding sentence of my 2012 review: «Human pheromones and food odors: epigenetic influences on the socioaffective nature of evolved behaviors.»

«The first crop plant genetically engineered to release an insect pheromone for defence» by Toby J. A. Bruce et al. was published in Nature Scientific Reports on Thursday 25th June.

However, in recent years, research on human pheromones has revealed various interesting psychological and physiological phenomena.

That early work has been followed up by more recent studies on other types of pheromones.

The tadpole - attractant can be made from the poison secreted by adult toads, and we are zeroing in on the suppression pheromone in our current studies.