HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED THE PILOT’S NAME. SANDIA NATIONAL LABS JUST OPENED A RAPID TECHNIQUE THAT CAN DETECT FOREVER CHEMICALS KNOWN AS PFAS. SCIENTISTS RYAN DAVIS AND NATHAN BATES DEVELOPED THE PROCESS USING ELECTRICALLY CHARGED DROPLETS THAT WENT STRAIGHT ON THE SURFACE AND TARGET THE SPECIFIC CHEMICAL AND ABSORB IT. THE ENTIRE PROCESS CAN TAKE AS LITTLE AS FIVE MINUTES, AS OPPOSED TO THE PREVIOUS METHOD OF DETECTING PFAS THAT IS NOT ONLY TIME CONSUMING BUT COSTLY. THIS IS PART OF A
Sandia Labs has developed a faster way to detect PFAS
Scientists Ryan David and Nathan Bay use electrically charged droplets to target and absorb these chemicals.
“Forever chemicals” known as PFAS are going to have less time to do their damage due to a new process developed at Sandia National Labs. Scientists Ryan David and Nathan Bay discovered that electrically charged droplets, when sprayed on a surface, can target PFAS and absorb them. Other detection methods for PFAS are time-consuming and expensive, while this new process can take as little as five minutes. These “forever chemicals” have been found in drinking water throughout New Mexico, so the faster they are detected, the better.
“Forever chemicals” known as PFAS are going to have less time to do their damage due to a new process developed at Sandia National Labs.
Scientists Ryan David and Nathan Bay discovered that electrically charged droplets, when sprayed on a surface, can target PFAS and absorb them. Other detection methods for PFAS are time-consuming and expensive, while this new process can take as little as five minutes.
These “forever chemicals” have been found in drinking water throughout New Mexico, so the faster they are detected, the better.
