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IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Chang & Subramian	Electronic Noses Sniff Success E-noses will soon be ubiquitous, thanks to printed organic semiconductors.
CIO December 1, 2002 Sarah D. Scalet	When Every Molecule Counts A group of electrical engineers at Purdue University hope that their research could lead to ultrasensitive sensors capable of detecting a single molecule of a biological agent or chemical pollutant.
Scientific American September 19, 2005 Steven Ashley	Silicon Sniffer Engineers have developed a button-size chemical sensor prototype that is designed, among other things, to detect trace amounts of explosives before they detonate.
Chemistry World July 25, 2011 Harriet Brewerton	DNA Toxic Gas Detector Scientists in the US have developed a sensitive and simple sensor that could be used to detect toxic gases occurring in urban areas.
Chemistry World March 21, 2012 Elinor Richards	Sensor that smells like a dog Scientists in Korea have developed a biosensor for assessing food quality that mimics the way receptors in a canine nose respond to smells.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Interference boosts biochip Researchers from the Spanish Superior Counsel of Scientific Research and the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain have built a chip that senses interactions among molecules via lightwave interference.
AskMen.com	The Grooming Mistake That Turns Every Woman Off A date who smells is a woman's No. 1 pet peeve.
Chemistry World April 4, 2012 Jon Evans	Novel mass sensor is off the scale Spanish scientists have produced the world's most sensitive set of scales that should be capable of weighing a single proton.
Chemistry World August 22, 2014 Harriet Brewerton	Printed sensors kick up a stink Scientists in Canada have used an inkjet-printer to create sensors that give off a smell when a target biomolecule is present.
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley	A Scent for Explosives A new type of biosensor based on yeast, jellyfish proteins, and a rat's sense of smell could sniff out explosives, landmines, and agents, such as sarin gas, according to researchers.
Technology Research News May 21, 2003	DNA sensor changes color University of Rochester researchers have designed a simple, inexpensive sensor that can detect specific sequences of DNA on-the-fly.
Chemistry World March 17, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Electronic 'nose' could shed light on sense of smell Korean researchers have combined human smell receptors with nanotechnology to create a new kind of 'bio-electronic nose'
Technology Research News September 10, 2003	Gold speck highlights molecules How do you sense what is happening at the scale of molecules? Researchers have found a way to detect the very small spectral shifts that occur when the light scattering off a single gold nanoparticle interacts with molecules.
Technology Research News May 4, 2005	Laser Sniffs Explosives Researchers have built a device that detects when molecules of the explosives TNT and DNT stick to a thin film of polymer, or plastic.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 Courtney E. Howard	SAIC to develop sensor based on canine sense of smell for chemical detection The quick and accurate detection and identification of chemicals and chemical combinations, such as explosives and chemical and biological weapons, is critical in military and aerospace environments.
Chemistry World January 28, 2013 Philip Ball	Controversial theory of smell given a boost Humans can smell the difference between ordinary and deuterated organic odorant molecules, according to a new study. Provided that a sufficient number of hydrogen atoms in the molecules are replaced by deuterium, their differing smells are relatively easily detected by most people.
Chemistry World February 11, 2015 Derek Lowe	The smell of success The sheer variety of smells that we chemists are exposed to is surely one driver of our passion for the subject.
Reactive Reports September 2007 David Bradley	Plain or Vanilla It turns out that a single gene is responsible for changing the way our noses perceive the smell of androstenone, a derivative of testosterone, and a potent ingredient of male body odor.
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Chemistry World June 20, 2012 Hamish Kidd	Not to be sniffed at Not to be Sniffed at: Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors by Ohloff and others begins with an introduction to the history of odors and the molecular basis of olfaction, including structure -- odor relationships.
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 Catherine Yang	The State Of Surveillance Artificial noses that sniff explosives, cameras that I.D. you by your ears, chips that analyze the halo of heat you emit. More scrutiny lies ahead.
Chemistry World February 2009 Philip Ball	Column: The crucible The flowery language of fragrance chemistry doesn't distract the author from the sharp scent of olfactory understanding
Chemistry World September 17, 2013 Laura Howes	Cork taint shuts down your nose 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole is often the compound held responsible for the musty, unpleasant smell of 'corked' wine.
Chemistry World June 9, 2011 Harriet Brewerton	Sensitive sugar sensor US scientists have designed a calorimetric sensor as a point-of-care diagnostic instrument that can detect low levels of glucose compared to similar sensors.
Chemistry World July 31, 2008	Nanostructures Made Easy Scotland-based chemists have invented a new way to build nanoscale arrays of molecules over a large surface area: a technique that may be key to making nanostructures in sophisticated sensors, catalysts, and tiny computer parts.