A small group of long COVID patients have successfully had their sense of smell restored, after taking part in a trial where ...

Of all our senses, smell is probably the least understood. For vision, there are two types of light-sensing receptors in the ...

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

The sense of smell is so important. First of all, it's our alarm system. Something tastes foul, it's bad food, it would get us sick. You just put it in your mouth and your sense of taste ...

A surgical operation normally carried out to correct a blocked nasal passage may help patients who lost their sense of smell ...

The sense of smell is a complex process of the central nervous system that involves specific areas of the brain. In fact, olfactory dysfunction is seen in various central nervous system disorders ...

People who lost their sense of smell, and accompanying taste, because of long Covid, have had it restored thanks to nasal surgery. Experts at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ...

While taste and smell are two distinct senses, they work together to give flavor to what you eat and drink. So, restoring your sense of taste may start with your nose. Anthony Del Signore ...

We’re here to check out some animals that are real smell specialists, starting with the brown bear. Bears have some of the best sense of smells in nature, much better than humans, and even ...