Dalhousie University
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Two dogs in a small study were able to correctly identify what breath smelled like when it was linked to a memory of trauma. The finding might allow dogs to be even better friends when it comes to helping PTSD sufferers cope with their conditions.
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Salmon are very much a cold-water fish, so they can get quite stressed when swimming up increasingly warm rivers to spawn. A new study shows that by installing "cooling stations" in those rivers, we could help the threatened fish make the trip.
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It never fails … you go to use a device that should be fully charged, but its battery has gone flat over time. Such may soon no longer be the case, however, if battery manufacturers simply start using a different type of adhesive tape.
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Alec Falkenham, a PhD student in Pathology at Dalhousie University, has developed a cream that can remove tattoos with weekly applications. The cream activates the body's white cells that eat the pigment. The product will undergo further tests before it is launched commercially.