University of Houston researchers to augment and improve quick COVID-19 home assessments are using glow-in-the-dark components. Because of its quick findings, low cost, and simplicity of use, the lateral flow assay (LFA) test, also known as a COVID-19 or pregnancy test, is a diagnostic tool that is frequently used. When you read test results, you see colored lines. “We are making those lines glow-in-the-dark so that they are more detectable, so the sensitivity of the test is better,” said Richard Willson, Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and professor of biochemical and biophysical sciences, who previously created a COVID