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Coating for textiles reduces growth of bacteria, viruses

June 1st, 2024

A colored image of the antimicrobial coating on a fabric sample, taken with a scanning electron microscope. Image: Empa Researchers at Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), BASF, Spiez Laboratory and the Technical University of Berlin have created an antimicrobial coating for textiles that reduces or kills viruses and bacteria. The coating, […]

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3D-printed seaweed polymer cleans up wastewater pollutants

January 1st, 2024

UC San Diego researchers have developed a “living material,” made of a seaweed-based polymer combined with genetically engineered bacteria, that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants, such as textile dye, from water. Image: UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering/David Baillot Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created […]

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