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Detecting odors on the edge: Researchers decipher how insects smell more with less - EurekAlert


<p>While humans feature a sophisticated sense of smell, insects have a much more basic olfactory system. Yet they depend upon smell to survive. Scientists have figured out how fruit flies use a simple but efficient system to recognize odors, and the answer lies at the edges of their antennae.</p>

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