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When someone receives an implant such as an artificial hip, there’s a real risk of an infection occurring at the implant site. According to a new study, however, a covering of bacteria-frying gold nanorods could keep that from happening.Continue Readin… Continue reading Little golden rods may prevent implant infections by cooking bacteria
If there’s one thing that needs to be antibacterial, it’s the public touchscreen displays that everyone paws at with their filthy fingers. Well, help is on the way, in the form of a newly developed copper coating.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, Sc… Continue reading Copper coating turns touchscreens into bacteria killers
The four spikes on a new nanocrystal developed in Spain spin up under light and move through liquid, blasting any bacteria unfortunate to be in their path. The development could spell trouble for bacteria that resists traditional drug treatments.Contin… Continue reading Light-activated propulsion spins bacteria-shredding micromotors
Mussels and silkworms may soon be indirectly responsible for saving people’s lives. Scientists have used proteins from both animals to develop an internal wound dressing that stops bleeding and prevents infections.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, Sci… Continue reading Mussels and silkworms ally to thwart internal bleeding and infection
While infected wounds definitely aren’t a good thing, neither is the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria which may occur due to overuse of the drugs. That’s where a new type of cotton bandage comes in, as it kills microbes without resorting … Continue reading Augmented-cotton bandage kills bacteria without using antibiotics
Hospitals are meant to heal people, but there’s an increasing risk of patients picking up a superbug or two during their stay. Scientists have now developed long-lasting antimicrobial coatings for textiles that could allow things like hospital curtains… Continue reading Antimicrobial textile coating makes superbug-squashing hospital curtains
While titanium implants such as artificial hips can greatly improve patients’ lives, they’re also subject to serious bacterial infections. An experimental new antibacterial titanium alloy, however, could make such problems a thing of the past.Continue … Continue reading Special titanium alloy lets implants fight off bacterial infections
Ordinarily, when treating chronic wounds, caregivers go to great lengths to keep them free of bacteria. An experimental new dressing, however, actually introduces bacteria to help such wounds heal.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Empa, M… Continue reading Bacteria-filled “living dressing” could help heal chronic wounds
Decades of work has seemingly paid off with scientists developing a potent new synthetic molecule that swiftly knocked out 285 strains of bacteria it was tested on, setting it up as a valuable ally in our fight against a looming superbug infection cris… Continue reading Novel ‘fast, tenacious’ molecule can KO drug-resistant superbugs
Although HEPA filters and ultraviolet lighting systems are effective at neutralizing bacteria in hospitals, homes and other settings, they do have their drawbacks. A new light-activated material known as LumaFlo, however, is claimed to have them both b… Continue reading Light-activated antibacterial foil claimed to outperform HEPA filters