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How quantum physics help us understand smell

1 November 2019

Our sense of smell may be affected by the way molecules vibrate, and the our olfactory sense could be far more analogous to hearing and seeing than we assume, explains Dr Jennifer Brookes (UCL Physics and Astronomy)

Watch: BBC Four’s ‘The Secrets of Quantum Physics’ (from 15 mins 37 secs)