The latest short science news items from C&EN. For mosquitoes, geosmin smells like the perfect place to lay eggs—possibly, Stensmyr says, because cyanobacteria are a good food source for mosquito ...

The Ohio EPA came to Marion for a site visit March 3 and to meet with Aqua Ohio due to ongoing complaints with Marion's water ...

ATTENTION. LISA: I HAVE. THANK YOU, MELANIE. IF YOU WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE SOME RAIN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A CERTAIN SMELL THAT CAME ALONG WITH IT. BRIAN: YEAH. WHAT IS ...

Brown University chemists have found the origins of an odor – the sweet smell of fresh dirt. In Nature Chemical Biology, the Brown team shows that the protein that makes geosmin – source of the good ...

That mysterious scent has been called “petrichor”, and the main component of it is an organic compound called geosmin, which lingers around moist soil. Geosmin comes from the ancient Greek “geo”, ...

Geosmin is a volatile compound of microbial origin with a distinct “earthy” to “musty” odor that can affect the quality of water and food. A research team led by Dietmar Krautwurst from the Leibniz ...

Mikael A. Petersen, Md. Ariful Alam, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Md. Lokman Ali, Sultan Mahmud, Louise Schlüter and Niels O. G. Jørgensen ABSTRACT:Pangas Pangasianodon hypophthalmus and tilapia Oreochromis ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A few weeks ago, we talked about how those with arthritis and other joint pain issues truly can feel when a storm is coming due to how air pressure affects the body. Another tool ...

Chemists have figured out precisely how the warm, slightly metallic scent of freshly turned soil is made. The team describes how geosmin, the organic compound responsible for the scent, is produced by ...