At some point in life, most people experience the frustration of the persistent 'dirty sock' smell; even after tossing them in the wash, your just-cleaned clothes don't smell as fresh as you'd hoped.

If the hot summer days have left your feet less than fresh a revolutionary Kickstarter project hopes to be the solution to all your problems. Carbonised coffee fused into these futuristic socks ...

Scientists have identified the molecules that make our clothes smell. Dirty laundry smells bad because of certain chemicals called volatile organic compounds, which can’t always be washed out on an ...

As it turns out, smelly socks can do more than stink up the laundry basket. In an effort to combat malaria, researchers in Tanzania are developing devices that use human foot odor to lure mosquitoes.