Odor Box & Locust Mobile (VIDEO)

Washington University in St. Louis

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Explosive vapors were injected via a hole into a box where the locust sat in a tiny vehicle. As the locust was driven around and sniffed different concentrations of vapors, researchers studied its odor-related brain activity.

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Raman Lab

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