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• MRI brain scan reveals unexpected choice after smelling freshly baked bread Wageningen scientists drew an unexpected conclusion after experiments with odours; when smelling bread, test subjects did not choose bread more often....
• Odours stimulate brain activity even without functional sense of smell Despite a diminished or even fully lost sense of smell, the brain continues to react to olfactory stimulation. This was shown in research by the Smell...
• Food research with the new tribometer The Wageningen Resource magazine wrote this month about the use of the new tribometer for research into the creaminess of a product, which can help to...
• Use of MRI in Biomarker Research in ADHD: the Impact of Nutrition The high-field MRI scanner for structural and functional MRI (fMRI) of Wageningen University & Research, Shared Research Facilities is used in the...
• Seminar shows many opportunities for surface analysis During the seminar on January 25th, hosted by Shared Research Facilities, the presentations highlighted different techniques and technologies...
• Laser microdissection coupled with RNA-seq analyses to unravel plant-microbe interactions To understand biological processes it is becoming increasingly important to analyse transciptional responses at the resolution of single cells or...
• Detection of volatiles for a wide range of applications The presenters at the Shared Research Facilities seminar PTR-QiTOF for online volatile analysis on 12 December showed te possibilities of this...
• Seminar highlights: Novel developments in confocal microscopy About 60 participants showed interest in the latest developments in Fluorescence Microscopy during the seminar on 20 November. The working and...
• How a full malaria mosquito escapes its victim unnoticed Malaria mosquitos apply an ingenious technique to get away from their victims very quickly and very quietly. This technique involves beating their...
• First research paper RiCOPTER Laser Scanning UAV published Since January 2017, the UARSF is operating a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Laser Scanning. The Riegl RiCOPTER is a LiDAR based system which allows the...