Scientists develop 'electronic nose' that can sniff out toxins by changing colors [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 37, Hits: 238]
A team of scientists has developed a sensor that works as an 'electronic nose' in sniffing out some known poisonous gases and toxins, simply by changing colors...
Updated On: 10/3/2009
Tags: Team of scientists, Electronic nose, Poisonous gases and toxins, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Serious health risks, Physicists, Radiation badges, Potentially toxic chemicals, Chemists and workers, GEI Exposure Biology Program, NIEHS, NIEHS Director Linda Birnbaum, Multiple airborne toxins, Kenneth S. Suslick, M.T. Schmidt Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Optoelectronic nose, Artificial nose for detection, Toxic industrial chemicals (TICs), Unique molecular fingerprint, Library of color fingerprints, Toxic industrial chemicals, Ammonia, Chlorine, Nitric acid, Sulfur dioxide, Health, Nose
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Dogs have better sense of smell [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 730, Hits: 3943]
Olfactory bulb of a dog is much larger than that of a man. Moist nose of a dog also aids his sense of smell...
Updated On: 10/10/2007
Tags: investigate passer, Dogs have better sense, scenting odorous, nerve fibers, chemical sense, surface tissue
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Animal Kingdom Record book [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 415, Hits: 4231]
Highest, Longest, Tallest, Smallest, Heaviest, Fastest of Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects, Fishes...
Updated On: 10/10/2007
Tags: Pregnant female, Found in South Atlantic, Rarest Mammal, Pacific leather back turtle, Komodo dragon, Indonesian Island
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