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Nanotech Paint To Kill Bacteria
ColGraff points out reporting at Science News about the possibility of killing bacteria with paint. Scientists in the UK have found that high concentrations of titanium oxide nanoparticles in paint can kill bacteria by creating hydroxyl radicals when exposed to ordinary fluorescent light. Titanium dioxide is present in most white paint at concentrations of 30% or so, but not always at nanoparticle scale. The researchers found that an 80% concentration of TiO2 nanoparticles worked well to kill E. Coli bacteria. There is hope that the technique could be used against "superbugs," which are resistant to multiple antibiotics. A researcher not associated with the UK team pointed out the problem with developing products based on this idea: "[A]nything that survives and sticks around grows greater resistance... ultimately [antibiotic paint] will be its own worst enemy and the bacteria could grow to be even stronger."
Paint for bacteria and I guess really really small brushes to paint the bacteria. Nanotech at its finest!
So much for grey goo.
Now we can have eggshell goo, sky blue goo, burnt sienna goo... the mind boggles.
And the meat is full of antibiotics! McDonalds PREVENTS food poisoning? Film at 11.
ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI
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