Aging can affect body odor through skin cell changes and the release of a cellular compound, requiring antioxidant-rich foods ...

According to the author, there’s no intrinsic “book smell”. “The smell has almost nothing to do with the paper that is chosen ...

Helps create that “new book” smell. To figure out how old certain books are, scientists can use the above VOCs to delve into the history of whatever book’s on their shelf.

Book nerds love "old book smell," but what do old books smell like, exactly? As it turns out, they smell like your favorite things: chocolate and coffee. Wait, what? I've always thought of old ...

'Smell of old books' offers clues to help preserve them Date: December 5, 2009 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: Scientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now ...

It was the smell of old-school books. I remember it still. Norman Knight, a retired Clark-Pleasant Middle School teacher, writes this weekly column for the Daily Journal.

Heads up, book nerds. Science has finally revealed what makes old books smell so good. So now, at least, we have an idea as to what scents might be in those colognes and scented candles. We've ...

Love that old book smell? Libraries consider it a ticking time bomb. But now, a device that chemically analyzes the musty smell of a book’s decay could help librarians better preserve their ...

Volunteers lend their noses to catalog the smell of old books and help us connect to our past. Ah, the delicate bouquet of rotten socks and mothballs. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the ...

People love the smell of old books — so much so, that you can even buy perfumes and candles that have that aroma. Now, scientists want to archive the smell. The researchers made a "historic book ...

A FACTOTUM IN THE BOOK TRADE A Memoir By Marius Kociejowski 349 pages. Biblioasis. $18.95. I love the smell of old books. More than once, I’ve said those seven words aloud after entering a used ...