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Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell), Rembrandt van Rijn. The painting is part of a series of Five Senses that Rembrandt painted in Leiden around 1625, when he was 19. It was discovered in 2015 in an art collection belonging to a family from New Jersey
Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop "Sniff Test" that Predicts Recovery of Consciousness in Brain-Injured Patients
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Invisible ink meets secure encryption in a single molecule. Just add cola

Weizmann Institute scientists discover: A Chemical Signal in Human Tears
Weizmann Institute scientists discover: A Chemical Signal in Human Tears
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Weizmann scientists found that merely sniffing a woman’s tears – even when the crying woman is not present – reduces sexual...

Darwin’s Finch and the Evolution of Smell
Darwin’s Finch and the Evolution of Smell
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Sequenced zebra finch genome hints that smell may play a role in the birds’ communication

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The First Smell Map
The First Smell Map
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Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Weizmann Institute Scientists Produce The First Smell Map
 
Sweet Smell
Sweet Smell
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Brain & Behavior, Chemistry

Weizmann Institute Scientists discover: The pleasantness of an odor can be predicted from its molecular structure...

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