Article on a swipe-card model of the sense of smell published in Physical Review LettersA team of UCL researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have published their paper on a controversial theory about the sense of smell in the journal Physical Review Letters in January 2007.The paper describes a viable physical mechanism based on a vibrational theory of smell that is more akin to swipe-card recognition of odours than the traditional shape approach, based on the concept of "lock and key" or molecular docking. For more information and context on the article please see the original press release. Reports on this paper have been found in the press and scientific journals, including:
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