His artwork, and indeed his recent exhibition, Receptor - Binding Variations, on view at Bridget Donahue Gallery in New York, involves
scent molecules in one shape or form.
While foraging for food, insects detect floral
scent molecules in the air.
Neuroscientists can test odor - sensing neurons» responses to chemical «smells» by exposing them to
scent molecules in liquid gradients, which overlap like the blurry rainbow of food coloring shown here.
Not exact matches
The flat, pungently -
scented, purple crystals which are the most common form of elemental iodine consist of diiodine
molecules packed
in layers.
Their forked tongues pick up
scent molecules that the animal transfers, via specialized ducts
in the mouth, to the Jacobson's organ, which can detect where the
scent's source is located.
Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
in Jena, Germany, and colleagues genetically modified petunia plants to silence genes responsible for producing specific
scent molecules.
Chemical compounds
in pollution interfere with the
scent molecules produced by flowers, making it harder for pollinating insects to find their way.
Perfumers and astronomers can detect and recreate
scents based on the chemical signatures of the
molecules in the air, even if that air is very very far away.
Nearly identical
molecules can have quite different
scents — synthetic musk was accidentally created from a tweaking of TNT
molecules in an explosives lab — and radically different structures
For example, he cites work suggesting alpha pinene — a terpene that gives some marijuana a fresh pine
scent — might help preserve a
molecule called acetylcholine, which has been implicated
in memory formation.
Nearly identical
molecules can have quite different
scents — synthetic musk was accidentally created from a tweaking of TNT
molecules in an explosives lab — and radically different structurescan smell similar, like the bitter almond tinge common to both marzipan and cyanide.
The
scent molecule alpha - pinene, which survives nearly 40 hours
in an ozone - free environment, survived fewer than 10 hours when ozone rose to 60 parts per billion and only 1 hour when ozone was at 120 parts per billion.
Methods:
In this new approach, the team began with an atmospheric aerosol sample that contains thousands of molecules formed in the reactions of ozone, a common atmospheric oxidant, with limonene, a molecule emitted by various types of trees, which is responsible for the citrus scent found walking among the orange tree
In this new approach, the team began with an atmospheric aerosol sample that contains thousands of
molecules formed
in the reactions of ozone, a common atmospheric oxidant, with limonene, a molecule emitted by various types of trees, which is responsible for the citrus scent found walking among the orange tree
in the reactions of ozone, a common atmospheric oxidant, with limonene, a
molecule emitted by various types of trees, which is responsible for the citrus
scent found walking among the orange trees.
The flavors cross as well, including potent
molecules called volatiles, which carry
scent, which
in turn heavily influences taste, as you know if you have ever tried to eat something delicious when you have a bad head cold.
Rather than simply mask the odor (which any dog can smell right through) these cleaners break down the urine
molecules and remove the
scent at its source, lessening the chance that your pup will return to the same spot
in the future.
Their big, hanging ears also plays a major role
in catching
scents by preventing the wind from scattering away the
scent molecules.
Raspet's art consists of small batches of chemical formulations he's tweaked
molecule by
molecule to vary slightly
in flavor
in scent.
The real explanation for the spread of
scent of course is basic convection
in a fluid medium, with the different weights and effects of the actual
scent molecules which is alchohol and water, the alchohol having a triggering effect on water at the surface making it even lighter than air than it usually evaporates.
While the front part of a dog's nose is almost entirely committed to respiration, the rest is committed to olfaction — the sense of smell — and since there are hundreds of millions more olfactory receptors
in a dog's nose compared to a human's nose, a dog is able to smell more and detect a
scent in much smaller quantities: «This means two things: A dog definitely experiences smells, odors — volatile
molecules — that we don't,» Alexandra Horowitz, assistant professor at Barnard College and author of Inside of a Dog, told Modern Farmer.