India, June 13 -- Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have discovered that each person has a unique way of breathing through the nose, which they refer to as a 'breathing fingerprint.' This pattern could help doctors better understand and treat both physical and mental health conditions.
The study, published in the journal Current Biology, found that people can be identified by their breathing with up to 96.8 percent accuracy.
Researchers, including Timna Soroka and Noam Sobel, had 100 volunteers wear a device that tracks airflow through each nostril. Even with just one hour of data, they could correctly identify people 43 percent of the time. With 24 hours of breathing data, the accuracy increased significantly.
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