Environment Control Reigns Supreme As Superbugs Resist Antibiotics

Leading experts are claiming that now more than ever strict hygiene and sanitation management of environments is important when battling superbugs. Keeping environments clean and disinfected, providing essential products such as soap in soap dispensers, hand dryers or paper towel dispensers, clean floors and surfaces and steam-cleaned carpets help prevent the spread of infections. Unfortunately …
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No Cleaning Necessary – A New Coating Creates ‘Self-Cleaning Cotton’

Engineers have created a breakthrough chemical coating that allows cotton to stay free of stains and odours by cleaning itself with a little help from sunlight. The nano-particle, which is derived from an alcohol-based compound of titanium dioxide and nitrogen, is cheap, non-toxic and considered environmentally friendly. The new treatment could bring an end to …
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Top Tips to Prevent the Flu

As most people know, the very first step to stop you from contracting the flu is to get vaccinated. It will keep you from falling ill with the virus as well as keep you from spreading it to others. But there are some more helpful tips to ward off influenza from taking hold of you …
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Dyson hits out at China over design theft

The world famous inventor Sir James Dyson, has revealed his anger over copyright breaches of his inventions in China. China has been informed that continued breach of these regulations could see the country expelled from the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Dyson, also a member of the Prime Minister’s business advisory group, has told executives at …
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British People Have Little Faith in Restaurant and Fast-Food Hygiene Practices

A new survey has revealed that UK diners aren’t satisfied with the hygiene standards that staff at restaurants and fast food chains follow. The poll, called the Barometer of Public Washroom Opinion, was conducted across Europe. It surveyed 4,000 people of which 500 were from the UK. The shocking results revealed that one in five …
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