Students' invention offers germ-free door handle

Phys.Org ^ | 06-22-2015 | Bob Yirka

[MHGinTN]

One of my all time favorite shows and perhaps the most brilliant work done by Tony Shalub. I liked his work in Men in Black, too.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

When you kill of competing germs the “survivors” are often drug resistant “super bugs.” People typically get infected with them in hospitals.

[MHGinTN]

Aw come on, using this invention in public buildings is a fantastic idea! It can be retrofitted easily to the existing two hole door handles found in most public venues.

[married21]

Do we have any titanium mines in the US?

[Red Badger]

http://metalpedia.asianmetal.com/metal/titanium/resources&production.shtml

http://metalpedia.asianmetal.com/metal/titanium

[Moltke]

Silver ions will do the same. Doesn’t take much, either. No power source required.

[Red Badger]

People will be stealing the door handles......................

[spokeshave]

If this only came in second, what the hell was the first place winner?

Taylor Wilson has a Geiger counter watch on his wrist, a sleek, sporty-looking thing that sounds an alert in response to radiation. As we enter his parents’ garage and approach his precious jumble of electrical equipment, it emits an ominous beep.

It was in this garage that, at the age of 14, Wilson built a working nuclear fusion reactor, bringing the temperature of its plasma core to 580mC – 40 times as hot as the core of the sun. This skinny kid from Arkansas, the son of a Coca-Cola bottler and a yoga instructor, experimented for years, painstakingly acquiring materials, instruments and expertise until he was able to join the elite club of scientists who have created a miniature sun on Earth.

Here is where the garage was located: