Meet ammonium chloride! And as Liman explains, the more we learn about new bodily functions, the more we learn about our ...

Here Are 5 Animals That Can See What Humans Can't: They have a unique ability to "see" blood using heat-sensitive receptors ...

These sample pages of sensory receptors were created by 6th grade science students at Redwood Middle School in California. Each page explains a different type of receptor with the human body and ...

Dan Berkowitz might never have noticed the phenomenon if not for the new lights. In 2012, Johns Hopkins University’s Berkowitz had just moved to a lab space where the lights were motion-activated, and ...

When the sensory receptors in the nervous system malfunction, as they’re theorized to do in SPD, common stimuli like lights, noises, and textures may be perceived as too bright, too loud ...

There are three main types of neurone: sensory, motor and relay ... Information from receptors passes along neurones, as electrical impulses to co-ordinators such as the central nervous system ...

These cells never come in contact with environmental signals like those near the skin but are studded with receptors that appear to get sensory input from hormones, proteins and other biochemical ...

A study found that heat reduces the effectiveness of natural mosquito repellents like citronella and catnip oil by desensitizing TRPA1, a receptor mosquitoes use to detect irritants. At temperatures ...