University of Queensland researchers have developed low-tech solutions to test for a range of diseases that could cheaply and quickly detect COVID-19.
The team from the University of Queensland has developed a low-cost "dipstick" made from strips of cellulose and wax that can isolate genetic material in thirty seconds.
The material is then run through a field-sample analyser made from a travel coffee mug which can take up to 40 minutes.
The team developed the low-tech solution for analysing samples while doing field work looking for plant diseases in remote parts of the world.