When insects search for food, a sexual mate or the ideal place for laying eggs – somewhere where the hatching larvae have a good chance to survive – they have to rely on their sense of smell. They use ...

Glomerulosclerosis refers to the scarring of the glomeruli in the kidneys following any type of insult. The glomeruli are the tiny loops of capillaries that rest on the special basement membrane which ...

Scientists have quantified and mapped the functional units of the olfactory center in the brains of vinegar flies responsible for the perception of odors. The basic units of the olfactory system in ...