Volatile organic compounds in the breath reflect gut microbiome changes, offering a quick and non-invasive way to detect ...

On Wednesday, members of the Local Development Finance Authority board and the public for the first time in several years ...

Age, gender, hypertension, and alcohol consumption may influence the association. (HealthDay News) — High exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is independently and positively associated with ...

Researchers at Purdue University and UC Davis have found that petunias cannot properly form reproductive structures without chemical signals delivered between different parts of the plant. The work ...

Plants communicate through volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that help them respond to herbivorous pest attacks. This review explored the mechanisms behind these plant communications and their ...

Air quality inside homes exposed to wildfire smoke can worsen even after flames are extinguished, according to a new study from researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The ...

Biomass burning, including wildfires and residential heating, emits a variety of air pollutants and has a series of negative impacts on the environment. The latest research published in National ...

The vast number of metabolites produced by physiological processes in the body can be useful biomarkers for a variety of therapeutic applications. Biomarkers can provide insight into important ...

A study by Natalia Dudareva (clockwise from bottom), John Morgan, Rohit Jaini and Joshua Widhalm could overturn the textbook model for how scent-producing volatiles travel through plant cells to the ...

It’s been estimated that dogs smell up to 10,000 times better than us. That’s in part because they have about 220 million scent receptors, whereas humans have a mere 5 million. But dogs also inhale in ...