{"id":107530,"date":"2020-05-23T16:42:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T23:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/long-lasting-coronavirus-disinfectant-developed-by-israeli-researchers"},"modified":"2020-05-23T16:42:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T23:42:29","slug":"long-lasting-coronavirus-disinfectant-developed-by-israeli-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/long-lasting-coronavirus-disinfectant-developed-by-israeli-researchers","title":{"rendered":"Long-lasting coronavirus disinfectant developed by Israeli researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/long-lasting-coronavirus-disinfectant-developed-by-israeli-researchers.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have developed \u201csmart\u201d disinfectants which not only destroy the coronavirus, but unlike other commonly used disinfectants that diminish rapidly, remains on surfaces for an extender period of time. \u201cThe materials we developed will be a game changer because they will block the cycle of infection from contaminated surfaces,\u201d said Assistant Professor Shady Farah, head of the research group. \u201cInfection from touching surfaces is a serious problem, especially in public places such as hospitals, factories, schools, shopping malls, and public transportation. Our polymers will make these places safer,\u201d Farah added.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The coronavirus has been seen to last on surfaces upwards of 17 days, and common disinfecting break down rapidly. This new disinfectant is long-lasting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have developed \u201csmart\u201d disinfectants which not only destroy the coronavirus, but unlike other commonly used disinfectants that diminish rapidly, remains on surfaces for an extender period of time. \u201cThe materials we developed will be a game changer because they will block the cycle of infection [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}