People in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease typically lose their sense of smell. Now scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found that a sniff test can help detect a condition called ...

Seed amplification assays, those PCR-like reactions for toxic misfolded proteins, are starting to look pretty good. In the May Lancet Neurology, scientists led by Andrew Siderowf, University of ...

The sniff test is a method you’ve probably used hundreds of times to determine whether that carton of milk is still good enough to splash into your morning coffee, or whether you can eat that ...

Researchers have developed and validated a simple “peel-and-sniff” test that can be completed unsupervised at home to screen for cognitive impairment. It’s well known that impaired olfactory function ...

I should know better, but I admit that I do it too. I’ve just pulled some sliced chicken out of the fridge, as I set out to make up some sandwiches. I notice the chicken is within its use-by date, but ...

Reaching into the depths of your fridge, you find a container of homemade mac and cheese. Your mind wanders. Was that from last week? Perhaps even the week before? Opening the lid, you see no signs of ...

This 2018 photo shows Jeff Frank on his farm near Auburn, Iowa, inspecting his soybean field. (Joseph L. Murphy/Iowa Soybean Association via AP) Early planting of soybeans is being adapted by a ...

Matthew Gilmour receives funding from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). He is affiliated with the UK Food Safety Research Network which connects food businesses, food and ...