Microbes

Antimicrobial Corning Gorilla Glass is claimed to kill up to 99.9 percent of bacterial populations on its surface

Mobile Technology

Corning reveals antimicrobial version of Gorilla Glass

Last July, Corning announced that germ-killing glass for mobile device screens could be less than two years away. Well, things are apparently progressing quickly. Yesterday, the company unveiled its Antimicrobial Corning Gorilla Glass – although you can't buy a phone that features it quite yet.

PureMadi project leaders James Smith and Dr. Rebecca Dillingham

Good Thinking

PureMadi filters clean water and create jobs in the third world

The University of Virginia’s PureMadi program is aimed at producing water-purifying filters for use in the third world, as made by local villagers.

A diagram of the Purrfect Air Litter Box System

Pets

Purrfect Air system uses a plant to eliminate kitty litter odors

The Purrfect Air Litter Box System uses a house plant to remove odors from covered cat litter boxes.

A Harvard team is developing a microbial fuel cell-based mobile phone charger, that would allow people in developing nations to charge their phones using microbes in the soil (Photo: whiteafrican via Flickr)

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Mobile phones in developing nations could charge up using dirt

A Harvard team is developing a microbial fuel cell-based mobile phone charger, that would allow people in developing nations to charge their phones using microbes in the soil.