Paper Towels That Pack A Punch Against Bacteria

Professor Thomas Webster decided to apply his work developing anti-microbial medical devices to paper towels. He and his team coated paper towel fragments with nanoparticles of selenium, a non-metallic element. Read “Paper Towel Research” [inSolution Research Blog] “Of the three ways we can dry our hands after scrubbing down, the paper towel method tends to be the most hygienic.”

Also read “More superbugs than one” [inSolution Research Blog]

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