University of Houston researchers unveil air filter designed to ‘catch and kill’ COVID-19 - KSAT San Antonio

According to a recent release from the university, researchers have now designed a “catch and kill” air filter that can trap the virus responsible for COVID-19 and kill it instantly.

The filter was designed by Zhifeng Ren, director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH, Monzer Hourani, CEO of Medistar, a Houston-based medical real estate development firm, and other researchers.

During the filter’s creation, researchers said they found 99.8% of the novel SARS-CoV-2 was killed in a single pass through the filter, which is made with nickel foam.