{"id":20966,"date":"2022-10-27T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T10:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/?p=20966"},"modified":"2022-10-27T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T10:37:56","slug":"sars-cov-2-can-be-detected-in-air-using-nanotech-packed-bubbles-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/2022\/10\/27\/sars-cov-2-can-be-detected-in-air-using-nanotech-packed-bubbles-study\/","title":{"rendered":"SARS-CoV-2 Can Be Detected In Air Using Nanotech-Packed Bubbles: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York, Oct 26 (IANS) Researchers have demonstrated that they can identify SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in the air by employing a nanotechnology-packed bubble that ruptures when it comes into contact with the virus.<\/p>\n

According to the team, such a detector could be positioned on a wall or ceiling, or in an air duct, where there’s constant air movement, to alert occupants immediately when even a trace level of the virus is present.<\/p>\n

“There is a need for this kind of low-cost detection system,” said researcher Lance Hubbard from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the US.<\/p>\n

“Perhaps it could be implemented in schools, or in hospitals or emergency rooms before patients have been fully assessed — anywhere you need to know immediately that the virus is present,” he added.<\/p>\n

For the study, published in the journal MRS Communications, the team created a new kind of micelle, one that is stamped on the surface with copies of an imprinted particle for SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\n

The team filled micelles with a salt capable of creating an electronic signal, but that is quiescent when packed inside a micelle. When a viral particle interacts with one of the imprinted receptors on the surface, the micelle pops open, spilling the salt and sending out an electronic signal instantly.<\/p>\n

The system acts like a signal magnifier, translating the presence of one viral particle into 10 billion molecules that together create a detectable signal. The developers say the detector has advantages over today’s technologies; it produces a signal faster, requires a much lower level of viral particles, or produces fewer errors.<\/p>\n

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