Researchers are developing color-changing stickers for masks to detect COVID-19

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As COVID-19 continues to spread, researchers are looking for new and creative ways to help detect and manage cases. A team at the University of California San Diego is developing something to help do just that: a color-changing sticker.

The sticker is a test strip and blister pack that can be placed on N95, surgical or cloth masks and detect SARS-CoV-2 in the user's breath or saliva, according to a news release from the university.

As the person wearing the mask breathes, the test strip aims to detect protein-cleaving molecules produced from a COVID-19 infection. Once the user removes the mask and test materials, they squeeze out the contents of the blister pack onto the test strip. If the test strip turns a specific color, it means infection molecules are present.

[whitney69]

Hope it doesn’t recognize Cheetos residual.

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As media generated COVID-19 paranoia continues to spread, researchers are looking for new and creative

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Forgot to add “fixed it”