Researchers in the US have devised a new method for killing bacteria using cold plasmas. The technique, developed by Mounir Laroussi at the Old Dominion University in Virginia and colleagues at the University of California in San Diego, could be used to sterilize medical equipment, food and perhaps even decontaminate biological weapons (M Laroussi et al. 2003 New J. Phys. to be published)
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