Dogs Engage in Scent-sational Science to Sniff out Staphylococcus Bacteria
Dogs Engage in Scent-sational Science to Sniff out Staphylococcus Bacteria
Researchers take the guesswork out of infection detection by training dogs to recognize the scent of bacterial biofilm biomarkers.
Researchers take the guesswork out of infection detection by training dogs to recognize the scent of bacterial biofilm biomarkers.
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Dogs Pass Test for Awareness of Their Own Bodies: Study
Catherine Offord | Feb 18, 2021 | 5 min read
Pets asked by their owners to pick up an object attached to a mat they were sitting on understood they needed to move in order to complete the task, researchers report.
Watch a Trained Pup Detect Prostate Cancer From a Urine Sample
Asher Jones | Feb 18, 2021 | 1 min read
Good girl, Florin!
Dogs Are Teaching Machines to Sniff Out Cancer
Asher Jones | Feb 18, 2021 | 5 min read
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used dogs’ diagnoses of prostate cancer to inform a machine learning algorithm with the goal of one day detecting cancers with canine-level accuracy.
DNA Evidence Shows Ancient Humans and Dogs Migrated Together
Lisa Winter | Oct 31, 2020 | 3 min read
The study is the first to show a genomic relationship between dogs and humans on the move.
Singing Dogs, Once Thought Extinct, Found in the Wild
Lisa Winter | Sep 1, 2020 | 2 min read
A new genetic analysis confirms prior sightings in New Guinea.