The latest short science news items from C&EN. For mosquitoes, geosmin smells like the perfect place to lay eggs—possibly, Stensmyr says, because cyanobacteria are a good food source for mosquito ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. The genome sequences of a variety of geosmin-producing actinomycetes and cyanobacteria reveal at least ten additional presumptive ...

The unique scent of rain may actually be a chemical signal used by bacteria to attract this tiny arthropod, called a springtail. Ryan Hodnett via Flickr under Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY ...

Chemists have figured out precisely how the warm, slightly metallic scent of freshly turned soil is made. The team describes how geosmin, the organic compound responsible for the scent, is produced by ...

Geosmin is a volatile compound of microbial origin with a distinct "earthy" to "musty" odor that can affect the quality of water and food. It is responsible for the typical odor that occurs when rain ...

Geosmin is a volatile compound of microbial origin with a distinct “earthy” to “musty” odor that can affect the quality of water and food. A research team led by Dietmar Krautwurst from the Leibniz ...

It’s that noticeably earthy, sometimes sweet scent that happens only after a big rainstorm. What gives? Here’s the ...

Spring has sprung — and in many parts of the world, you can smell it. The air might smell sweeter, with notes of budding florals and pollen. But there are complex parts of the scent, too, more ...