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Re:The Odin – DIY genetic engineering by eternityforest on Monday February 13, 2023 @06:32AM (#34772326)
We need some way to detect germs in realtime, without knowing in advance what they are, so people can evacuate buildings that have them.

There's gotta be some miniature electron microscope that can look at viruses in the air or something, right?

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Re:The Odin – DIY genetic engineering by JPLeRouzic on Monday February 13, 2023 @06:57AM (#34772482)
It may be possible to detect Covid-19 with Nanopore's Minion?

Rapid and Accurate Detection of SARS Coronavirus 2 by Nanopore Amplicon Sequencing. Xiao-Xiao Li and al.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35464969/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanopore_sequencing

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Re:The Odin – DIY genetic engineering by Georgelemental on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:20PM (#34776644)
Electron microscopes can only see atoms with lots of electrons (high atomic number). So to observe a biological specimen with one, you need to coat the sample with heavy metals first
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