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03-28-2024
Dogs can detect humans' stress levels by smelling their breath
Scientists have discovered that specially trained dogs may be able to detect the early signs of an impending PTSD stress flashback by sniffing out specific compounds in a person's breath. This finding could lead to a new way for service dogs to assist individuals struggling with the debilitating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dogs detect stress levels by sniffing VOCs The research, led by Laura Kiiroja of Dalhousie University and published in Frontiers in Allergy, brought together expertise from Dr. Sherry Stewart's clinical psychology lab and...
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09-20-2021
Siberian dogs were shaped by long-distance trade routes
Dogs have been important to indigenous people in Arctic Siberia...
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09-20-2021
Pandas can thrive in less-than-perfect environments
In their search to understand what makes a good wildlife...
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09-19-2021
Children discover a new species of giant penguins
In 2006, New Zealand school children in the Hamilton Junior...
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09-19-2021
"Fingers" discovered in the flippers of beaked whales
New research led by the Natural History Museum in Denmark...
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09-18-2021
Primate mothers grieve by carrying their infants after death
A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the...
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09-17-2021
How do bats resist COVID-19 infection?
A team of experts at Monash University is investigating the...
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09-17-2021
Blue foods are healthy and environmentally friendly
A collection of new studies published in the journal Nature...
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09-17-2021
Coral reefs have declined by half since the 1950s
An estimated six million people worldwide make use of coral...
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09-17-2021
Milk played a crucial role in ancient migrations
The pastoralist populations from the Eurasian steppe have long been...
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09-17-2021
Reforestation needed to save coral reefs from sediment run-off
A new study led by University of Queensland has found...
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09-17-2021
Climate change threatens the base of polar food webs
Microscopic, photosynthetic algae (phytoplankton) form the base of polar ocean...
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09-16-2021
Prehistoric Asian otter discovered in Europe for the first time
A research team from the Universities of Tübingen and Zaragoza...
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