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    Smartphone, M.D.: Turning your smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 29

    Smartphone, M.D.: Turning your smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system

    A new cell phone app and lab kit have transformed a smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system.
    Wearable air sampler clip can monitor personal exposure to COVID-19
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 12

    Wearable air sampler clip can monitor personal exposure to COVID-19

    COVID-19 is primarily transmitted through the inhalation of virus-laden aerosols and respiratory droplets that infected individuals expel.
    Sugar-coated COVID-19 test strip takes advantage of coronavirus’ sweet tooth
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 17, 2021

    Sugar-coated COVID-19 test strip takes advantage of coronavirus’ sweet tooth

    Even those tracking each new discovery about the coronavirus and its variants may not be aware of the virus’ sugar cravings.
    Can butterfly wings help detect COVID-19 faster?
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 6, 2021

    Can butterfly wings help detect COVID-19 faster?

    The researchers were inspired by how light is concentrated in butterfly wings and have discovered a new way to concentrate light on a chip.
    Face masks that can diagnose COVID-19
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 30, 2021

    Face masks that can diagnose COVID-19

    Wearable biosensors enable rapid, accurate detection of SARS-CoV-2 and many other pathogens and toxins
    COVID-19 testing method gives results within one second
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 18, 2021

    COVID-19 testing method gives results within one second

    Superfast, portable COVID-19 testing method detects the virus much faster than currently available methods
    Danish bar offers Covid-19 tests and a beer while you wait to enter
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 26, 2021

    Danish bar offers Covid-19 tests and a beer while you wait to enter

    A bar in Copenhagen has started offering customers a Covid-19 test and a beer while they wait for the result to help get business moving
    14-Year-Old Wins $25,000 for Developing Antiviral Drug That May Combat COVID-19
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 17, 2020

    14-Year-Old Wins $25,000 for Developing Antiviral Drug That May Combat COVID-19

    A Texas teenager was awarded tens of thousands of dollars for developing a potential cure for COVID-19.
    A new blood test may predict which hospitalized COVID-19 patients are at risk for severe illness
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 16, 2020

    A new blood test may predict which hospitalized COVID-19 patients are at risk for severe illness

    “As you’re fighting an infection, the body is trying to find an even keel” between the two. “If it’s too turned up, that’s bad,”
    Oxford scientists develop 5-minute COVID-19 antigen test
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 15, 2020

    Oxford scientists develop 5-minute COVID-19 antigen test

    The university said it hoped to start product development of the testing device in early 2021 and have an approved device available

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