Podcast: Europe's wolf comeback sparks coexistence debate, and a chip-based electronic nose detects spoiled food
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Sarah Crespi
Summary
This podcast episode covers two main stories: (1) The remarkable recovery of wolf populations in Europe after near-extinction, now numbering about 20,000, which has sparked conflicts over livestock attacks and coexistence with humans. Contributing Correspondent Gretchen Vogel discusses these tensions. (2) Ph.D. student Carla Bassil presents research on developing an electronic nose using gas sensors on a chip to detect spoiled chicken and peanut contamination in food.
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· 3 pulledAfter near extermination in much of the continent, wolf numbers have surged up to about 20,000 individuals.
Wolves have made a spectacular comeback in Europe but attacks on livestock and humans have caused a heated debate about the limits of coexistence.
Using a range of gas sensors on a chip to detect rotting food or peanut contamination.
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