First-of-its kind tool puts particles in their places
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 18 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
When studying the spread of cancer or the behavior of a virus like the one that causes COVID-19, the irony is that working with these harmful pathogens requires gentleness. Especially in the case of COVID, the particles do not survive well when making contact with surfaces. To observe a live virus and move it around, methods that make no physical contact will keep these destructive but tiny subjects alive lon . . .
When studying the spread of cancer or the behavior of a virus like the one that causes COVID-19, the irony is that working with these harmful pathogens requires gentleness. Especially in the case of COVID, the particles do not survive well when making contact with surfaces. To observe a live virus and move it around, methods that make no physical contact will keep these destructive but tiny subjects alive lon . . .