When public health officials recommended back in April that people wear face masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19, most grabbed whatever they could get their hands on. But with time, and more ...

Starting about 10 years ago, anti-microbial coating provider Bio Shield Tech LLC began its foray into the ventilation industry. While the company first sold its coatings to ambulances for door handles ...

(Nanowerk News) Their work comes with a Nietzsche-esque warning: Use enough. If you don’t kill them, you make them stronger. Silver ions delivered by nanoparticles to bacteria promote lysis, the ...

On Thursday, Telomir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:TELO) announced the company’s Telomir-1 captured and stabilized Silver(I) (Ag⁺) and the highly reactive Silver (II) (Ag²⁺) in a biologically ...

An international team of researchers discovered that silver ion-coated scaffolds — biomaterials that are created to hold stem cells — can slow and even prevent, in some cases, the spread of ...

Toothbrushes from Mouthwatchers, contain an antimicrobial compound. Image by Tim Sandle Toothbrushes from Mouthwatchers, contain an antimicrobial compound. Image by Tim Sandle A new toothbrush with ...

More Potent Antimicrobial Action - Silver(II) is a stronger oxidizing agent than Silver(I), meaning it disrupts bacterial cell membranes, proteins, and DNA more aggressively, leading to rapid ...

An effective protocol for adventitious shoot regeneration with reduced hyperhydricity was established from proximal cotyledon explants of Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) cv. Arka Manik. The highest ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Abstract The heavy metals silver, gold, and mercury can strongly inhibit aquaporin-mediated water flow across plant cell membranes, but ...

HOUSTON – (July 11, 2012) – Rice University researchers have settled a long-standing controversy over the mechanism by which silver nanoparticles, the most widely used nanomaterial in the world, kill ...