Friday, March 25, 2011

How do we smell?

My (almost) life's research is on volatile compounds and detecting them. In others words, sniffing niffs. But now I realise I have got it all wrong! Take a look at this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12827893

Apparently, it's all down to quantum physics (isn't everything?). Try telling that to a sniffer dog.....

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