News Headline

Dogs can be trained to sniff out COVID-19: A team of forensic researchers explain the science

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-02-10

With up to 300 million scent receptors, dogs are among the best smell detectors in the animal world. The human nose, by comparison, contains only around 6 million scent receptors. Dog brains also devote 40% more brain space than humans to analyzing odors.

Content
https://phys.org/news/2022-02-dogs-covid-team-forensic-science.html