Promoting Personal Safety and National Security: Killer silk - Making silk fibers that kill anthrax and other microbes in minutes

Promoting Personal Safety and National Security: Killer silk - Making silk fibers that kill anthrax and other microbes in minutes

vor 3 Monaten
A simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing bacteria — even the armor-coated spores of microbes like anthrax — in minutes, protect homes and other buildings in the event of a terrorist att
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vor 3 Monaten
A simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary
silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing bacteria — even the
armor-coated spores of microbes like anthrax — in minutes, protect
homes and other buildings in the event of a terrorist attack with
anthrax, scientists are reporting in the journal ACS Applied
Materials and Interfaces.
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