Cold plasma can kill 99.9% of airborne viruses, U-M study shows

Written By Kate Kusiak Galvin

Source: James Lynch & Nicole Casal Moore, Michigan News

Dangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules, University of Michigan researchers have shown.

They hope to one day harness this capability to replace a century-old device: the surgical mask.

Kate Kusiak Galvin
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