From picking up the scent of a potential mate miles away to uncovering an explosive, a dog's nose is always hard at work ...

From picking up the scent of a potential mate miles away to uncovering an explosive, a dog's nose is always hard at work ...

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions yet to come – this time how, by the mid-21st century, ...

As many of you know, dogs have powerful noses. Some scents that might be tolerable or even pleasant to humans are downright unbearable to dogs. These smells can either be mildly unappealing to the ...

Dogs have a truly astonishing sense of smell that goes far beyond anything we could imagine. From picking up the scent of a potential mate miles away to uncovering an explosive, a dog's nose is ...

So what exactly makes canines such smell superstars? It's their incredible noses. With as many as 300 million olfactory receptors, a dog's nose is up to 100 thousand times stronger than our own.

In particular, olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), which surround the smell receptor neurons and promote neuron replacement, are being researched as possible therapeutics for spinal cord injury. The ...