These sample pages of sensory receptors were created by 6th grade science students at Redwood Middle School in California. Each page explains a different type of receptor with the human body and ...

A research team from the Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Life Sciences, Okayama University of Science, has made a ...

Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 18, Supplement 2: Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI): Current Science (Spring 2008), pp. 20-24 (5 pages) In women, clinical studies suggest that functional pain ...

Smell in mammals turns out to be more complex than we thought. Rather than one receptor family exclusively dedicated to detecting odors, a study in mice reports that a group of neurons surrounding the ...

The delicate fragrance of jasmine is a delight to the senses. The sweet scent is popular in teas, perfumes and potpourri. But take a whiff of the concentrated essential oil, and the pleasant aroma ...

The presence of death receptors in the blood can be used to directly measure the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, scientists have discovered. Researchers at Lund ...