And other fish, like salmon, are known to
use olfaction to navigate.
The combination of both determines important decisions, such as in humans, where it is known that people
use olfaction to select partners,» he adds.
Not exact matches
Our animal ancestors
used their noses way more than we do in modern society, says Jessica Freiherr, a neuroscientist at RWTH Aachen University, in Germany, and the author of several studies on human
olfaction.
Technical details of these research topics focus on light - induced electron transfer reactions, both at surfaces and in transition - metal complexes, surface chemistry and photochemistry of semiconductor / liquid interfaces, novel
uses of conducting organic polymers and polymer / conductor composites, and development of sensor arrays that
use pattern recognition algorithms to identify odorants, mimicking the mammalian
olfaction process.
Olfaction is
used for locating and discriminating between food sources, but also plays a fundamental role in social communication between individuals.
In an interdisciplinary collaboration, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's Working Dog Center (photo above courtesy of University of Pennsylvania), the School of Arts and Science's Department of Physics and Astronomy, Penn Medicine's Division of Gynecologic Oncology, and the Monell Chemical Senses Center have joined together for a research investigation
using canine
olfaction, along with chemical and nanotechnology analysis, to detect early - stage human ovarian cancer.