News tagged with cadaver dogs

'Biosensors' on four feet detect animals infected with bird flu

Blood hounds, cadaver dogs, and other canines who serve humanity may soon have a new partner ― disease detector dogs ― thanks to an unusual experiment in which scientists trained mice to identify ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insights into the 'smell of death' could help recover bodies in disasters and solve crimes

In an advance toward the first portable device for detecting human bodies buried in disasters and at crime scenes, scientists today report early results from a project to establish the chemical fingerprint ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Scientists grow blood vessels for human surgery

Scientists can grow blood vessels in a lab for use in coronary bypass or dialysis, a promising alternative to harvesting from the patient, said a study published on Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Body of evidence: New fast, reliable method to detect gravesoil

Nothing against bloodhounds, but finding bodies buried by someone who wanted them to stay undiscovered can be difficult. However a new technique developed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

'Contact lenses' for animals

Lions, giraffes, tigers, rabbits, bears, rhinos and even owls can go blind from cataracts, but an east German firm has an answer: custom-made "contact lenses".

Biology / Other

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

7th surgery shows face transplants gaining ground

(AP) -- Five years ago, it was the stuff of science fiction: Replace someone's face with one from a dead donor. But on Thursday, Boston doctors performed the world's seventh such transplant - less than a week ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists create body decay ID system

U.S. scientists have created a system designed to help locate hidden burial sites and provide evidence that points to the victims' killers.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 18, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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