Next in the "Can Plasma?" series: can plasma destroy viruses in the air? Short answer: yes, easily. Long answer: the killing is the easy part. Getting it deployed on an airplane, in your HVAC, or in a respirator is where the real engineering happens.

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00:00 The question: can plasma destroy viruses in the air?

00:03 Easiest thing plasma does

00:07 Quick intro, 2.5 decades of doing this

00:26 What a virus actually is (DNA plus a thin wrapper, very little protection)

00:38 Why bacteria are much harder to kill (cell walls, spores)

00:53 Bacteria have more protection built in than viruses

00:56 Viruses don't travel alone: cough droplets carry biological material

01:12 Approach 1: trap on a filter, plasma treat the filter

01:27 Approach 2: plasma mesh, air passes through with zero p ...