The inactivation of viruses in aerosol particles (aerosols) and droplets depends on many
factors, but the precise mechanisms of inactivation are not known. The system involves …

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge, and the COVID-19 pandemic has
amplified the urgency to understand its airborne transmission. The bursting of bubbles is a …

Airborne transmission of respiratory infectious diseases has brought severe impacts to the
enclosed environment, eg, elevator cabins. According to statistics, there are over 2 billion …

Preventive measures to reduce infection are needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and
prepare for a possible endemic phase. Current prophylactic vaccines are highly effective to …

Airborne SARS‐CoV‐2 virus surveillance faces challenges in complicated biomarker
enrichment, interferences from various non‐specific matters and extremely low viral load in …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by frequently
mutating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has had a …

Airborne pathogens retain prolonged infectious activity once attached to the indoor
environment, posing a pervasive threat to public health. Conventional air filters suffer from …

The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has emphasized the need for a deeper understanding of
infectivity, spread, and treatment of airborne viruses. Bacteriophages (phages) serve as …

Drinking groundwater contamination by pathogenic viruses represents a serious risk to
worldwide public health, particularly for enteric viruses, which exhibit high prevalence and …

A recent theory suggests that the evaporation kinetics of macromolecular solutions is
insensitive to the ambient relative humidity (RH) due to the formation of a “polarization layer” …