Fluorescent Lights Plus Titanium Dioxide Paint Equals Dead Hospital Superbugs
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 08:52
in Physics & Chemistry
New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on, said scientists today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin. The new paints contain tiny particles of titanium dioxide, which is the dazzling white compound often used as a brightener in commercial paints. It will also be familiar to tennis fans as the powder used for the white lines to mark out the courts at Wimbledon. Read More...
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