Even something as basic as a paint stir stick can do more than just mix up our favorite colors. In fact, stir stick manufacturers already give us extra use through a clever design detail that you ...

The university said in a news release that the "seemingly ordinary stir stick" can detect drugs such as GHB and ketamine within 30 seconds, changing colour if a beverage is contaminated.

Spikeless is an ordinary-looking stir stick that changes colour when drugs like GHB or ketamine are added to a drink. It takes about 30 seconds to change colour, offering a quick way to get results.

Now researchers at UBC have developed a tool that could help catch spiked drinks and stop sexual assaults before they happen. Spikeless is an ordinary-looking stir stick that changes colour when drugs ...

VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they're gearing up to start "real-world testing" of a stir ...

University of B.C. researchers have invented a stir stick they say can detect whether a drink has been spiked with common date-rape drugs. It is made of a paper material that would draw a small ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a stir stick capable of detecting common date-rape drugs in drinks, in a matter of seconds. The single-use tool, dubbed Spikeless ...

VANCOUVER - A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia want to make a stir stick drug testing tool for spiked drinks the norm in the hospitality industry, and they're gearing up ...