On Oct. 25, 2022, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) announced that scientists have shown that they can detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the air by using a nanotechnology-packed bubble that spills its chemical contents like a broken pi�ata when encountering the virus.

The PNNL scientists created a new kind of micelle, one that is stamped on the surface with copies of an imprinted particle for SARS-CoV-2.