Now, after years of experimenting with common bean plants in the lab and in the agricultural fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, ...

Fresh aroma is one of the qualities that makes litchi immediately recognizable, yet the chemistry and genetics behind this ...

The Amazon rainforest responded to the most severe drought ever recorded in the basin with an unexpected defense mechanism.

(Beyond Pesticides, October 31, 2023) With cooler weather setting in and people heading indoors and closing windows, the issue of COVID-19 transmission escalates, as do concerns about toxic chemicals ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) encompass a diverse group of carbon‐containing gases emitted from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Once released into the lower atmosphere, VOCs undergo ...

Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are liquids or solids used in consumer products that turn into gas when exposed to air and sunlight. Some VOCs have been linked to asthma, cancer and reproductive ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) represent a diverse class of carbon-based chemicals that readily evaporate at ambient temperatures. In urban environments their emissions arise from vehicular exhaust ...

Plants communicate through volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that help them respond to herbivorous pest attacks. This review explored the mechanisms behind these plant communications and their ...

Recent research is uncovering the link between exposure to semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and changes in the gut microbiome. Scientists are particularly interested in how these products ...

Scientists are working on diagnostic techniques that could sniff out chemical compounds from breath, sweat, tears and other bodily emissions and that act as fingerprints of thousands of diseases. But ...

In a study published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases researchers found that compounds detected in exhaled breath may offer a promising, noninvasive way to better understand and monitor ...