Long after we’ve swiped and tapped our smart phones, sent or received personal texts, our devices retain a biological history of our actions.
Students studying bacteriology at the University of Surrey imprinted their mobile phones onto Petri dishes to see what they might carry.
Picture from the University of Surrey Website
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Like door handles, counter tops, remote controls and gaming controllers, mobile devices and touch screens can easily accumulate all kinds of microbiology as people use them. In fact, some research into mobile phones would make germaphobes shiver at the ‘nasties’ that can be found lurking on their expensive devices.
Corning Incorporated is looking to exploit our collective distaste for our microscopic distant cousins with its new Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass. It has been announced at the Consumer Electronics Show. It will inhibit the growth of algae, mould, mildew, fungi, and bacteria with the help of ionic silver, which is incorporated into the glass surface for sustained activity.
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