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The SARS-CoV-2 virus endures for days on plastic or metal but disintegrates soon after landing on copper surfaces. Here’s why By Jim Morrison SMITHSONIANMAG.COMAPRIL 14, 2020 When researchers reported last month...

A recent report published in the New England Journal of Medicine reminds us of the almost miraculous power of copper to kill microbes on contact. The study found no detectable amounts of...

Ancient Egyptians used copper to sterilize chest wounds and drinking water. Greeks, Romans and Aztecs relied on copper compounds to treat burns, headaches and ear infections. Thousands of years later,...

You often hear that wool is antimicrobial or antibacterial and that’s what makes it odour resistant. But is that fact or fiction? When something is antimicrobial it kills or inhibits...