On campus: a BioFlash SARS-Cov-2 detector at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. (Courtesy: Smiths Detection) A device claimed to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 in ambient air within 2–3 min ...

Original Article Published: 11 May 2016 Comparison of stationary and personal air sampling with an air dispersion model for children’s ambient exposure to manganese Florence Fulk, Erin N Haynes ...

The device traps DNA from crested ibises present in the ambient air onto a membrane. This membrane is then taken back to the laboratory for extraction and analysis to confirm the bird's presence ...

The air-sampling devices have detected COVID-19, flu, rhinovirus and a recent spike in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). While still in the research phase, each box costs approximately $5,000.