Contenders: Wales’s flying doctor Jamie Roberts edged the great man O’Driscoll out of the Lions’ side in 2013, having fought back from a hamstring injury to play and score in the final Test in Sydney, ...

Many people are not aware of their stress level until physical or emotional symptoms appear, and over time, stress and anxiety can build to a point where life's challenges become overwhelming and ...

We know that flossing is generally good for our oral health, but researchers from Tufts University in the United States have gone one step further, developing smart floss that monitors your stress ...

Smart dental floss with cortisol sensors lets users monitor stress levels, potentially transforming personal health tracking.

Discover how a simple floss sensor tracks stress hormone levels—find out more about this breakthrough technology.

The floss contains four working parts: the saliva collection thread, a capillary microfluidic channel, a flexible electrochemical sensor, and a waste zone.

The Science Behind the Smart Floss The smart floss consists of four connected parts: the flossing thread that collects saliva, microfluidic channels that transport the sample, a sensing area with an ...

This simple, at-home method to check hormone levels, using floss, could pave the way for a new generation of monitoring tools for a range of health issues.

The saliva is picked up by capillary action through a very narrow channel in the floss. The fluid is drawn into the pick handle and an attached tab, where it spreads across electrodes that detect the ...

Engineers have developed a novel dental floss device that can detect cortisol—a hormone linked to stress—through saliva, offering a painless, real-time method for stress monitoring.

Scientists create a floss pick that samples cortisol within saliva as a marker of stress and quantifies it with a built-in electrode. The system uses a polymer casting technology that can be ...