This new mask will detect coronavirus and alert you on mobile in 10 minutes
2 years, 3 months ago

This new mask will detect coronavirus and alert you on mobile in 10 minutes

Live Mint  

Researchers have created a face mask that can identify common respiratory viruses that are present in the air as droplets or aerosols, such as influenza and COVID-19. The incredibly-sensitive mask may alert users via their mobile devices within 10 minutes if specific viruses are present in the air. "Our mask would work really well in spaces with poor ventilation, such as elevators or enclosed rooms, where the risk of getting infected is high," Fang said. Spraying the mask with liquid and aerosols containing viral surface proteins within a container that was tightly closed allowed Fang and his colleagues to test the mask.

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More evidence of airborne spread of COVID: study
2 years, 7 months ago

More evidence of airborne spread of COVID: study

The Hindu  

The SARS-CoV-2, which was earlier thought to spread through touching infected surfaces, has been found to be spreading airborne and more evidence is coming up in this regard, with epidemiologists also finding that countries that used masks were affected less severely by the pandemic. Scientists analysed the coronavirus’ genome content from air samples collected from different areas occupied by COVID …

Coronavirus Becomes 90% Less Infectious Within 20 Minutes of Being Airborne, Reveals UK Study
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Becomes 90% Less Infectious Within 20 Minutes of Being Airborne, Reveals UK Study

News 18  

A groundbreaking new study that attempts to find how the deadly coronavirus survives in exhaled air has revealed that the virus becomes 90 per cent less infectious within 20 minutes of becoming airborne therefore losing most of its ability to infect after the first five minutes. While conducting the study, the researchers developed an apparatus to generate virus-containing particles and …

Can a face mask really neutralize the covid-19 virus?
3 years, 3 months ago

Can a face mask really neutralize the covid-19 virus?

Live Mint  

Researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico have created a facemask using silver and copper nanolayers that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the university's official gazette said on Thursday. To test the mask, researchers took drops with the virus from COVID-19-positive patients at the Hospital Juarez in Mexico and placed them on the silver-copper film deposited in …

Novel face mask developed by MIT, Harvard can detect COVID-19 infection
3 years, 5 months ago

Novel face mask developed by MIT, Harvard can detect COVID-19 infection

Deccan Chronicle  

Boston: Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a new face mask that can diagnose if the wearer is infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, within 90 minutes. The mask design, described in the journal Nature Biotechnology, has embedded tiny, disposable sensors that can be fitted into other face masks, and could also be adapted to detect …

Forget Painful Nose Swabs, This Face Mask Can Do Covid-19 Test For You
3 years, 5 months ago

Forget Painful Nose Swabs, This Face Mask Can Do Covid-19 Test For You

News 18  

Scientists at Harvard University and MIT have developed an “inexpensive” face mask that can detect coronavirus from the wearer’s breath and give results within 90 minutes. “We have essentially shrunk an entire diagnostic laboratory down into a small, synthetic biology-based sensor that works with any face mask, and combines the high accuracy of PCR tests with the speed and low …

Anti-viral coating on face masks may kill coronavirus, UK study finds
3 years, 10 months ago

Anti-viral coating on face masks may kill coronavirus, UK study finds

India TV News  

Scientists at the University of Cambridge working with an anti-viral coating technology called DioX believe that it could protect facemask users by killing the deadly coronavirus in as little as an hour. According to ‘The Daily Telegraph’, the invisible coating on facemasks attacks the virus by rapturing its outer layer, effectively eliminating all new mutant variants, including the UK’s so-called …

CES 2021: How the tech sector is aiming to zap the covid-19 virus with new gadgetry
3 years, 11 months ago

CES 2021: How the tech sector is aiming to zap the covid-19 virus with new gadgetry

Live Mint  

From virus-zapping drones to smart masks to disease-predicting wearables, the tech sector is showcasing ways to detect and mitigate the coronavirus outbreak. Drone maker Draganfly showcased its camera technology which can be used to offer alerts on social distancing, and also detect changes in people's vital signs which may be early indicators of Covid-19 infections. Draganfly chief Cameron Chell said …

Design of Face Masks Crucial in Breaking the Chain of Coronavirus. Here's Why
4 years ago

Design of Face Masks Crucial in Breaking the Chain of Coronavirus. Here's Why

News 18  

Researchers, including one from Indian-origin, stressed that materials, design and length of face masks are important to help slow the spread of Covid-19. “The results suggest that the consistent use of efficient face masks, such as surgical masks, could lead to the eradication of the pandemic if at least 70 per cent of the residents use such masks in public …

Wearing a mask could keep you from catching coronavirus: CDC
4 years, 1 month ago

Wearing a mask could keep you from catching coronavirus: CDC

Hindustan Times  

U.S. health officials are taking a new tack to encourage Americans to wear masks: They’re emphasizing recent research that a mask protects the person who wears it. But the researchers also found there was benefit when an uninfected person wearing a mask was unlucky enough to be near an infected person who wasn’t wearing one. When both people were wearing …

CDC says wearing a mask could keep you from catching coronavirus
4 years, 1 month ago

CDC says wearing a mask could keep you from catching coronavirus

LA Times  

Dr. Robert R. Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dons his mask after speaking at a Senate hearing. U.S. health officials are taking a new tack to encourage Americans to wear masks: They’re emphasizing recent research showing that a mask protects the person who wears it. But the researchers also found there was benefit when …

Would you wear a heated face mask that kills coronaviruses?
4 years, 1 month ago

Would you wear a heated face mask that kills coronaviruses?

Live Mint  

It’s one of the biggest debates that will refuse to die down even after the covid-19 pandemic subsides. The researchers at MIT are following a completely new concept of a face mask that users a heated copper mesh that would inactivate viruses, rather than filtering them. “As the person wearing the mask breathes in and out, air flows repeatedly across …

Coronavirus: Does a face mask protect me, or just people around me?
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: Does a face mask protect me, or just people around me?

India Today  

It likely provides protection for both. Studies on the new coronavirus and other germs show wearing a mask helps stop infected people from spreading disease to others. Research shows people don't get as sick when exposed to smaller amounts of virus, said Dr. Monica Gandhi, a virus expert at University of California, San Francisco. And masks may protect the people …

Covid-19: Face mask by Japan startup helps you speak in 8 languages
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19: Face mask by Japan startup helps you speak in 8 languages

Hindustan Times  

C-Mask, a smart mask by a Japanese robotic startup, has unveiled a tech face mask that lets users stay connected to their smartphones, make calls remotely, send text messages and more without accessing their smartphones. Engineers at Donut Robotics came up with the idea of this mask as they were looking to work on a product that would keep the …

Scientists Plan To Urge WHO To Take Airborne Spread Of Coronavirus More Seriously
4 years, 5 months ago

Scientists Plan To Urge WHO To Take Airborne Spread Of Coronavirus More Seriously

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A group of 239 scientists plans to urge the World Health Organization to more seriously consider the threat that the novel coronavirus may be spread by microscopic particles in the air. The New York Times first reported Saturday that an international coalition of researchers will publish an open letter asking WHO to address airborne transmission of the …

Think You Won't Get Coronavirus Outside? Think Again.
4 years, 5 months ago

Think You Won't Get Coronavirus Outside? Think Again.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Months into the coronavirus pandemic, researchers are finally getting a better handle on how the virus spreads. “What people have missed for a long time, and now it seems to finally be catching on, is that when you have big drops from a cough or sneeze — or when people are talking, or singing, or breathing, you …

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