If there is one thing humans don’t need to be told, it’s the importance of always striving for something better. By not pursuing brighter horizons on a consistent basis, we can potentially set ourselves up for a massive disservice, especially considering the expansive size of human potential. Now, it’s not a given that we’ll succeed in taking the next step every single time, but all the incentives up for grabs here still make the process worthwhile. Over the years, the world has put-together many such attempts. Some have liked a charm, whereas a few of them really deflated into nothingness before they could even take off. However, despite playing around with a rather high volume within this context, we haven’t seen anything as fascinatingly effective as technology. You see, technology ended up proving to be so good that calling it a mere step became an understatement. In fact, the creation’s transformational abilities would receive validation from various sources, including an all-important medical sector. Today, medical sphere is probably one of the biggest technology believers we have around the block, and rightfully so. Having changed its reputation on the back of some ingenious tech principles, our global healthcare system currently stands as a one resolute force. When you have the said dynamic in place, you’ll definitely also have a whole host of helpful by-products and the medical sector now looks possibly set to add a new one.
The researching team at MIT has reportedly conceived an idea of using a quantum sensor to detect SARS-CoV-2. Even though the concept still has a long way to go before it is properly fleshed out, there are concrete reasons to feel optimistic. As per certain reports, the researchers observed a significantly faster procedure and higher accuracy rates when they performed mathematical simulations to gauge its potential. Furthermore, it is said to be less expensive than our standard PCR tests. Talking about how the device works, the concept is based on nanodiamonds, which invite viral RNA particles to bind with them. Once that is successfully completed, we see a ripple effect in the form of system’s altered magnetic properties, thus eventually triggering a change across diamonds’ fluorescence. This achieved fluorescence can then be measured through any laser-based optical sensor.
Apart from the speed factor, a piece of information worth noting here talks to a claim made by the MIT researchers. According to the researchers, they are hopeful about new sensor producing false negative results at less than 1% rate, a number that looks dramatically small in front of PCR tests’ 25% false negative rate.
