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The power of plasma: turning water into an eco-friendly disinfectant

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…

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Sigrid Griet Eeckhout from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, investigates what determines the toxicity of mercury…

           


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