A controversial theory that explains the molecular mechanism which gives our sense of smell razor-sharp precision has been given a boost thanks to a study by a team of UCL researchers at the London ...

Two researchers at Rockefeller University have put a controversial theory of smell to the sniff test and have found no evidence to support it. They say their study, published in the April issue of ...

A controversial theory that explains the molecular mechanism which gives our sense of smell razor-sharp precision has been given a boost thanks to a study by a team of UCL researchers at the London ...

Update (2013): In the years since writing this post, there have been substantial challenges to the vibration theory of smell described in this article. Our sense of smell is really quite incredible.

Researchers at Rockefeller University have tested a controversial theory of the mechanism of smell and found no evidence to support it. Scientists remain puzzled about how a given molecule is ...