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 has now identified and characterized the ...

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 ...

A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 48 For mosquitoes, geosmin smells like the perfect place to lay eggs—possibly, Stensmyr says, because cyanobacteria are a good food source for ...

The unique scent of rain may actually be a chemical signal used by bacteria to attract this tiny arthropod, called a springtail. Ryan Hodnett via Flickr under Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY ...

Geosmin is a volatile compound of microbial origin with a distinct "earthy" to "musty" odor that can affect the quality of water and food. It is responsible for the typical odor that occurs when rain ...

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 ...

The start of spring has an unmistakable, yet unplaceable smell. It’s a bit reminiscent of dirt, but there’s something else beneath the surface, evocative of rainy days or afternoons spent gardening.

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 ...

It turns out it's not just gratitude that makes rain smell so appealing after a long period of dry weather. There's actually some chemistry involved too. Bacteria, plants and even lightning can all ...

Spring has sprung — and in many parts of the world, you can smell it. The air might smell sweeter, with notes of budding florals and pollen. But there are complex parts of the scent, too, more ...