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Low cost, high impact: try these creative and engaging experiments that use inexpensive everyday materials to bring curriculum science to life.
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Imagine sterilizing kitchen surfaces and hospital instruments, washing fruits and vegetables, sanitizing hands, or rinsing mouths – all achievable with a single eco-friendly solution: ‘plasma-activated water’ (PAW). Rita Agus, a PhD student at the Swiss Plasma Center, is deeply engaged in…
Read moreLow cost, high impact: try these creative and engaging experiments that use inexpensive everyday materials to bring curriculum science to life.
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