Space-Age Sanitation

Guest: Brendan Niemira, Research Leader, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture

Cold plasma is an alternative method of sanitation that is effective in killing both bacteria and viruses, and it can be used safely on food.

Copper: An Ancient Antimicrobial

Guest: Michael Schmidt, Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina

Could copper’s bacteria- and virus-killing superpower make hospitals a safer, cleaner place for patients? The ancients knew all about its germ-busting capabiities.

Listen to more of Michael Schmidt here