GOT athlete’s foot? A pair of anti-fungal socks designed in a New York lab could be just the thing. Or, on a more serious note, how about some clothes that kill anthrax? These are just two possibilities for a new technique developed by chemists to produce pathogen-killing fabrics that work like dry detergents.
In the past, glass surfaces coated with miniature antibacterial saws have killed bacteria (Â鶹´«Ã½, 26 May 2001, p 22). But ACS delegates heard last week that researchers led by Robert Engel of Queens College at The City University of New York have developed a molecule…
