Scientists think certain materials can help stop the coronavirus from spreading. These materials can be put in air filters, on furniture like tables and benches, and on walls. We could also use them for special cloths to wipe surfaces down, or even for face masks.
By using these materials, we’re able to stop the virus from reaching more people and infecting them.
Essam Dief, a Ph.D. student from Curtin University’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences, had an important finding – the coronavirus can be detected and removed with electricity!
We found that when electricity goes through the spike protein, it can be detected. This means in the future, we could put a solution from your nose or mouth onto a swab and test it with an electronic device. The test results would come faster and be more accurate than COVID testing now. Mr. Dief said this is possible.
We found something super cool – when we applied electrical impulses, the spike protein in coronaviruses changed its structure. With enough of these electric signals, we can actually destroy the virus! This means that electric fields might be able to deactivate coronaviruses altogether.
We can potentially stop the virus from spreading if we include certain materials, like copper or silicon, in air filters. We can also use electric fields through air filters to deactivate the virus. This research can not only help us better understand coronaviruses but also give us tools for fighting them.
We recently did a study about how human coronaviruses and the COVID-19 vaccine in clinical trials work. Our research paper was called “SARS-CoV-2 Spike Proteins React with Au and Si, are Electrically Conductive and Denature at three times Eighteen Hundred Volts per Metre: A Surface Bonding And A Single-Protein Circuit Study”.
At the same time, we looked into the progress and challenges of convalescent plasma therapy for Coronavirus Disease 2019. We found that these spike proteins in coronaviruses react to elements such as gold (Au) and silicon (Si), conduct electricity, and can be denatured when exposed to a voltage of three million volts per meter. This could help in finding new treatments that are effective against the virus.
