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Chongqing, China, 2026 – The TU Dresden team Dresden Scentia has won First Prize at the international Sniffest Competition during IEEE-ISOEN 2026, held in Chongqing, China. The Sniffest Competition is widely regarded as one of the premier international benchmarks for electronic nose systems. It challenges teams to demonstrate Read more

On June 20, 2025, during the 22nd Long Night of Science, the Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology at TU Dresden invited the public to experience how machines can smell—and even out-sniff us! Visitors of all ages engaged with five Read more

See the original post on “Springer Nature Research Communities” via this link. The question of what makes an odor smell the way it does has intrigued researchers in olfactory perception for decades. Significant advancements have been made in understanding this Read more

I February 22, 2022, 3 p.m. I Asifa Majid completed her undergraduate degree and PhD in psychology at the University of Glasgow with an intermediate year at the University of Edinburgh where she was awarded an MSc in Cognitive Science Read more

Unsere fünf Sinne ermöglichen uns, unsere Umwelt wahrzunehmen und mit ihr zu interagieren. Längst sind wir daran gewöhnt, dass auch Technik Reize aus der Umgebung interpretieren kann: Fast jeder trägt heutzutage ein Smartphone mit sich, das unser Gesicht oder unsere Read more

I November 25, 2021, 1 p.m. I Olfaction is perhaps the most fundamental among senses in the animal kingdom. It plays a crucial role in almost all relevant aspects of life such as finding food and assessing its quality, locating Read more

Materials innovations enable new technological capabilities and drive major societal advancements but typically require long and costly development cycles. Materials Genomics aims at realizing the transition to a new paradigm in materials development from a traditional “trial and error” mode Read more

by Marie-Elisabeth Lessman, Cagdas Guducu, Bergoi Ibarlucea, Thomas Hummel In many species, social communication and mate choice are influenced by olfactory cues associated with the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). It has been reported that humans also respond to olfactory signals Read more

The Saxon newspaper reports about different COVID-related fundings, including a short note about our international workshop, where the “sniffing out” of COVID with electronic nose technology was discussed as well. Find the whole article here.