A group of Brazilian researchers developed a cloth material capable of eliminating SARS-CoV-2, the virus that transmits the new coronavirus, in just two minutes and 99.9 percent effective, scientific sources reported on Wednesday.
The polyester and cotton fabric, which was fused with a layer of two different silver microparticles, was developed by researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Sao Paulo (USP), with the support of scientists from the Jaume I University (Spain).
In the project, developed by a technological “startup” created by researchers from USP, researchers from . . .
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