Dogs can be trained to detect people infected with coronavirus by sniffing their armpits, study finds, and they are already being used in airports around the world. Researchers from the National Veterinary School of Alfort, France, recruited six dogs previously trained to sniff out other things and re-trained them to detect Covid-19. Because of their famously … Read more
A woman believes her dog saved her life by ‘sniffing out’ sepsis after she developed the life-threatening condition from third-degree burns due to a bad reaction to hair dye. Levi Carter, 22, from Lincolnshire, booked herself into a hair salon in February 2018 to get her hair professionally bleached to go from brunette to blonde. … Read more
Bomb sniffing robot is redesigned to ‘smell’ the coronavirus from breath and claims to detect it faster than traditional testing California startup is redesigning a bomb sniffing robot to detect the coronavirus Konikore was designed to identify explosives on airplanes and in airports The firm reprogrammed the device to sniff out Volatile Organic Compounds These compounds … Read more
Man taking a nap by his pool is startled awake by a bear that takes a drink of water before it sniffs and paws his foot Matthew Bete was napping by his pool when a bear wandered in through a gate While he slept, the bear made a beeline for the pool and took a … Read more
Bear back! Curious black beast that was spotted trying to play with a group of hikers in Mexico is seen AGAIN trying to hug a woman on a nearby street Black bear was filmed trying to sniff and play around with a woman near at Chipinque Ecological Park in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico Park officials … Read more
Have you heard of the peanut butter test for Alzheimer’s? If you can’t smell it, it could be an early-warning sign of the disease. I know, it sounds bizarre. When I told my husband about it a few weeks back, I’m fairly sure he didn’t believe me – in fact, I began to doubt myself. As … Read more
Sniffing acts as an important tool in the art of conversation and is used to indicate the end of a thought or the approach of a difficult subject, researchers claim. Research by the University of Basel, Switzerland, focused on the sharp audible intake of breath through the nose, rather than sniffing as in smelling something. … Read more