Tag: Breathalyzer
According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 1.8 million new cases of lung cancer each year, a disease that claims over 1.5 million deaths a year. To help address this concern, researchers at the Chongqing University in China have developed a noninvasive method to detect volatile compounds present exclusively in the breath of […]
Sometimes science is great, sometimes it is not so great. Case in point: according to a study published yesterday, a team of researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have developed a way to user breathalyzer-like technology to test for the presence of 12 different drugs, including cocaine, amphetamines, and yes, cannabis. As Smithsonian points out, “it’s […]
