Episode 896
COVID-19 nanotube-based sensor
A new rapid diagnostic, based on nanotubes, might be the answer to rapid coronavirus diagnosis...
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
November 4, 20213m 38s
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Show Notes
"Test! Test! Test!" was the instruction from the World Health Organisation when the Covid-19 pandemic began to take hold around the world. Now scientists at MIT think they might have a solution, both for this pandemic and future ones: they've developed a sensor system comprising a fibre optic to which a special coating is applied that can recognise specific viruses. When it does so, it emits light of a specific colour, signalling a detection. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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covid-19coronaviruspandemictestscreeningdiagnosisnanotubemichael strano