A new device can detect the coronavirus in the air in minutes
The detector is about as sensitive as a PCR test but quicker
![A 3-D rendering of a coronavirus detector.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/071323_ti_covid_detector_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A coronavirus detector (illustrated in a 3-D rendering of a proposed final design) can sense airborne SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in just five minutes.
Joseph Puthussery/Washington Univ. in St. Louis