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Dogs Trained to Sniff Out COVID-19 Score Near-Perfect in Diagnosis of Human Sweat Samples
In a French study, detection dogs were trained to sniff out the smell of COVID-19 on the armpit sweat of infected patients—and they were near perfect.
Dogs Are Joining the Fight Against COVID-19 By Learning to Sniff Out the Virus
The very same clever canines that were successfully trained to sniff out malaria and cancer are now being trained to detect the novel coronavirus.
Handheld Device Can ‘Sniff’ Your Food and Detect Trace Amounts of Deadly Allergens in Just 30 Seconds
Once the device is commercially available within the next few years, scientists will be selling the devices for just $150 a pop.
No More ‘Sniff Tests’: Cheap Biodegradable Sensors Can Tell Smartphones When Food Has Gone Bad
Costing just 2 cents a pop, these inexpensive sensors could save tons of perfectly good food from being thrown into the garbage.
Sniffing Pleasant Odors Shown to Decrease Cigarette Cravings
Smokers who are trying to quit may not always have to reach for a piece of nicotine gum to stave off a craving. Deliberately...
Dog Saves Its Owner’s Life When It Sniffs Out Cancer, Not Once, But Three Times
This Siberian husky and her olfactory talent may be the reason why her 52-year-old owner is alive today.
These Dogs Are Trained to Detect the Smell of Parkinson’s Just by Sniffing a Tee Shirt
Parkinson's disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that currently has no objectively approved screening method. Doctors are only able to make a diagnosis by...
This Rescue Dog Found New Life Sniffing Out Illegal Pornography
He had already been given up by two different families before the police force gave him his own personal crime-fighting job.
World’s First Pups to Sniff Out Fire Ants and Help Eradicate Them
If you’ve never been bitten by a fire ant, consider yourself lucky; the small light brown insects are known for painful stinging bites and destroying whatever...
‘Digital Nose’ on a Chip Can Sniff out Diseases
Dogs and cats, with their highly developed sense of smell, have been detecting cancer or predicting epileptic seizures for some years now..
But what if...
Dog Sniffs Out Cancer, Saves Owner by ‘Crying Near Breast Lump’
A 46-year-old British mother was saved when her beloved pet, Ted, wouldn't stop crying and nudging at a specific spot in her breast.
The border...
New Device is Better Than Dog’s Nose for Sniffing Explosives
New technology under development at UC Berkeley could soon give bomb-sniffing dogs a pink slip.
A team of UC Berkeley researchers has found a way...
‘Intelligent’ Surgical Knife Can Sniff Out Cancer Tissue
Scientists have created an "intelligent" surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery...
Cat Sniffs Out Breast Cancer, Saves Owner’s Life
Esther Kacev's cat Buddy, would not stop sniffing and trying to grab under her arm. After rescuing the stray cat several years ago, it...
Sewage-Sniffing Dogs Locate Trouble Spots Along Milwaukee River
Canines have a sense of smell 1,000 times better than humans. So, you might imagine how amazing a dog could be at finding unwanted...
Rats Help Colombia Sniff Out Deadly Landmines
11 white-furred rats are in the final stages of a training program to find landmines that kill or injure hundreds of people each year...
Dogs Earn More Cred For Sniffing Out Cancer
The evidence just keeps mounting that ordinary dogs can be trained to use their noses to detect various kinds of cancer with near-perfect accuracy...
British Army Dog Sniffs Out Bomb Factory (Video)
Chocolat, a belgian shepherd, is being hailed as a hero in his first year as a bomb-sniffing dog for the British military after...
New Bee Sniffing Technology Helps Defend Against Biological Weapons
While bees are extremely important to our ecology, they are becoming important to our defense against biological and other weapons, as the bee’s...
Top Dog: UK Honors Heroic Bomb-Sniffing Pup (Video)
Treo, a black lab trained by the British Army has earned top military honors for his bomb-sniffing duty in Afghanistan. For 8 years,...