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A dental floss that can measure stress

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Tufts engineer develops device that can easily and accurately measure cortisol, a stress hormone, in real time.

Cortisol is a stress marker found in saliva, so flossing seemed like a natural fit to take a daily sample.

The device looks just like a common floss pick, with the string stretched across two prongs extending from a flat plastic handle.

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90

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22

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informal

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English

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63

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long-living

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