Indian Researchers Win Ig Nobel for Developing a Shoe Rack to Eliminate Odor Using UVC Light
@aibot How might this innovative use of UVC light in everyday products, like the shoe rack, inspire future inventions to solve other common problems in unconventional ways? Could this approach have broader application...
Indian Researchers Win Ig Nobel for Developing a Shoe Rack to Eliminate Odor Using UVC Light
Two Indian researchers, Vikash Kumar and Sarthak Mittal, turned an everyday problem—smelly shoes—into a scientific breakthrough, leading to an Ig Nobel Prize. The duo conducted a study on the challenges of keeping shoes fresh, specifically focusing on the unpleasant odor caused by bacterial buildup.... [More info]
🐀 Land mines and tuberculosis are no match for Tanzanian 'hero rats' sniffing out danger and disease
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-tuberculosis-tanzanian-hero-rats-sniffing.html
#rats #animals #tanzania #smell #odor #landmines #disease #sensors
"Mùi người già" là gì và tại sao nó xuất hiện? 🤔 Bài viết này sẽ giúp bạn hiểu rõ hơn về nguyên nhân gây ra mùi cơ thể ở người lớn tuổi và cách khắc phục tình trạng này, giúp bạn tự tin hơn trong cuộc sống hàng ngày. 💪
#mừingườigià #sứckhỏe #ngườilớntuổi #muihuuco #OldPeopleSmell #Health #Elderly #Odor
https://vtcnews.vn/vi-sao-co-mui-nguoi-gia-va-lam-the-nao-de-khac-phuc-ar965369.html
A quotation from George Orwell
One of the essential experiences of war is never being able to escape from disgusting smells of human origin.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 1, New Road (1943-06)
More info about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/78861/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #battle #blood #disgust #guts
#humancondition #odor #rot #smell #stench #stink #sweat #vomit #war #waste
🧠 New study by Asumbisa, Peyrache & Trenholm (2025): Stereo #olfaction underlies stable #coding of #HeadDirection in blind mice. Inhibiting #odor detection in just one nostril, or removing the spatial difference in airflow, disrupts head direction cell tuning and impairs mice’s spatial orientation → stereo smell is essential for using olfactory cues to form a stable, #allocentric sense of direction.
Silent Fart Yoga Studio Maintains Sacred Quiet
A new yoga class with the motto 'Release the scent, not the sound' has emerged. Participants harmonize body and mind through silent flatulence, while ventilation-duty instructors demonstrate poses wearing gas masks.
https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20250805-silent-fart-yoga/
#fart #yoga #studio #mindfulness #odor #breathing #silent #air purifier
A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
Do unsavoury armpits and bad breath make you angry? What good will it do you? Given the mouth and armpits the man has got, that condition is bound to produce those odours.
“After all, though, the fellow is endowed with reason, and he is perfectly able to understand what is offensive if he gives any thought to it.”
Well and good: but you yourself are also endowed with reason; so apply your reasonableness to move him to a like reasonableness; expound, admonish. If he pays attention, you will have worked a cure, and there will be no need for passion; leave that to actors and streetwalkers.
[Τῷ γράσωνι μήτι ὀργίζῃ, μήτι τῷ ὀζοστόμῳ ὀργίζῃ; τί σοι ποιήσει; τοιοῦτον στόμα ἔχει, τοιαύτας μάλας ἔχει, ἀνάγκη τοιαύτην ἀποφορὰν ἀπὸ τοιούτων γίνεσθαι.
— ἀλλ̓ ὁ ἄνθρωπος λόγον ἔχει, φησί, καὶ δύναται συννοεῖν ἐφιστάνων τί πλημμελεῖ.
— εὖ σοι γένοιτο: τοιγαροῦν καὶ σὺ λόγον ἔχεις, κίνησον λογικῇ διαθέσει λογικὴν διάθεσιν, δεῖξον, ὑπόμνησον: εἰ γὰρ ἐπαίει, θεραπεύσεις καὶ οὐ χρεία ὀργῆς.
Οὔτε τραγῳδὸς οὔτε πόρνη.]
Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 5, ch. 28 (2.5) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]
Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2289…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations ##anger #badbreath #bodyodor #correction #dramaqueen #education #odor #offense #offensiveness #reason #reform #smell
In reasons to avoid the #FlyingCattleCars: Mysterious odors in airport could send you to hospital
> American Airlines passengers, crew hospitalized for ‘inhalation symptoms’ after mysterious ‘odor’ at Charlotte Douglas International Airport https://nypost.com/2025/06/29/us-news/dangerous-mystery-odor-at-charlotte-airport-sickens-7-sends-some-to-hospital/
Something stinks at Corner Brook's new hospital
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says they now know the source and are working to deal with it.
#hospital #health #odor #CornerBrook #NewfoundlandandLabrador #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/corner-brook-hospital-smell-1.7560292?cmp=rss
Today, the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences celebrated their 30th #anniversary.
Exactly half of that time I'm also a member of the University: first as a student (BSc, MSc), then as a PhD student and teaching staff member and now as a PostDoc.
During today's #science fair, I also presented our current #reasearch in #VOC #odor #detection for various #pathogens and #InvasiveSpecies
#h-brs #h_brs #bonn #rheinsieg #StAugustin #Rheinbach #forschung #planthealth #safetyresearch
Mysterious smell plaguing local library expected to prompt closure
A mysterious odour has been plaguing a local library branch, leading to intermittent closures over the past year, the county’s top librarian says.
#library #odor #closure #News #Canada #Windsor
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/stoney-point-library-smell-air-quality-closed-essex-1.7523173?cmp=rss
Whole-body deodorant is no fix for accepting that everybody stinks sometimes
While pharmaceutical companies continue to market products aimed at encouraging people to cover up their natural scents and help stop sweating, experts say that body odour and sweat are perfectly natural and people shouldn't worry so much about a little sweat and body odour.
#body #odor #health #pharmaceutical #Radio #WhiteCoat
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/everybody-stinks-sometimes-1.7519063?cmp=rss
Meu Deus esta malta sabe o que é banheira, desodorizantes... Ia morrendo com o cheiro a suor desta juventude à porta do meu prédio.
Não se safava 1... 🤮
What's Nate Smelling?
More fun stuff at sifillis.com!
#sifilis #syphilis #books #books #maze #games #game #weird #wierd #zine #zines #90szine #90s #ZINEフェス東京 #BookShelf #bookstand #ferret #goiter #ferrets #goiters #lump #stink #stench #smell #odor #bingo #icky #bookstodon #bookstagram #booksky #booktok #booktwt
New toilets? What do they look like and how do they work.
In Northern Bavaria, you can find 12 different setups - and two of our #odor-free, #safe and #hygienic #toilets.
Find out more in today's #StoryTuesday: https://abereus.net/en/story-tuesday/testing-different-waterless-toilets/
ABEREUS - A Better Resource Use
Please avoid/minimize the perfume/cologne. And if you use a dryer that vents to the outdoors, please use unscented laundry detergent.
"Scientists have linked a group of chemicals used in fragrances to numerous adverse health outcomes, including insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease."
https://wapo.st/4fRlPwh
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#odor #pollution #fragrance #perfume #cologne #GiftArticle
Living with ‘the stench’: the smelly New Zealand city with an air of despair. The odour from a wastewater plant comes and goes, but locals say it’s worsened after an equipment breakdown that authorities warn could take years to fix. #NewZealand #wastewater #odor #sewage #infrastructure https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/lower-hutt-city-new-zealand-odour-seaview-wastewater-treatment-plant
Living with ‘the stench’: the smelly New Zealand city with an air of despair. The odour from a wastewater plant comes and goes, but locals say it’s worsened after an equipment breakdown that authorities warn could take years to fix. #NewZealand #wastewater #odor #sewage #infrastructure https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/lower-hutt-city-new-zealand-odour-seaview-wastewater-treatment-plant
A New Hampshire town is experiencing strong odors from a wastewater treatment facility, causing closures at the local middle and high schools.
Over two weeks ago, aeration equipment at Newport’s Wastewater Treatment Facility malfunctioned, causing septic waste and “unpleasant odors,” #infrastructure #wastewater #odor #aeration #NewHampshire https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nh-town-s-wastewater-facility-stench-causes-school-closures/ar-AA1tKO4l
