Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SNIFF utilizes an “electronic nose” with highly sensitive sensors and sophisticated AI algorithms. This allows it to precisely ...

To protect works of art, including this image of Disney’s Steamboat Willie, scientists developed an optoelectronic “nose” to sniff out potentially damaging compounds in pollution. Still from ...

New research from a team of scientists in Italy has reported successful early tests for an electronic nose system designed to sniff out prostate cancer biomarkers in urine. The technology follows on ...

In yet another example of cool stuff developed for space that could make life on earth better, researchers today said an electronic nose developed to sniff the air on the Space Shuttle and ...

Imagine if we could stop wildfires before they spread — long before sirens, smoke, or flames hit the news. A team of scientists in Brazil is working to make that a reality with drones that can ...

Fumes from chemicals that people use every day, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), can be harmful to their health, even though many people may not know about their existence because they can't ...

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have created an antenna nose in a laboratory at the Gjøvik campus. Although smell has historically played an important role in ...