The coronavirus is no match for plain, old soap — here’s the science behind it

Why does soap work so well on the new coronavirus and, indeed, most viruses? Because it is a self-assembled nanoparticle in which the weakest link is the lipid (fatty) bilayer. That sounds scientific. Let me explain. Soap dissolves the fat membrane, and the virus falls apart like a house of cards and “dies,” or rather, […]