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What if we could get COVID-19 test results instantly?

A breathalyzer created by engineering professor Nian Sun could dramatically reduce the time it takes to test for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Once…

by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer July 23, 2020

A gas sensor used to detect airborne SARS-CoV-2 virus in professor Nian Sun’s lab in Egan Research Center. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

These new sensors can detect coronavirus particles on your breath, instantly

Instead of sticking swabs up our noses, what if we could instantly detect viral particles we breathe out? That is precisely the kind of technology that Nian Sun, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, is working on.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa July 17, 2020

Ming Wang, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern, developed a testing device to monitor glucose levels using rapid saliva samples. The device, he says, can be tweaked to test for COVID-19. Photo illustration by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Could a new tool for diabetes patients solve the problem of coronavirus testing?

Ming L. Wang, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been perfecting a new home testing kit to monitor diabetes using saliva. Now, he’s redesigning the sensors within it to test for SARS-CoV-2.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa May 1, 2020

What if we could get COVID-19 test results instantly?

These new sensors can detect coronavirus particles on your breath, instantly

Could a new tool for diabetes patients solve the problem of coronavirus testing?

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