Technology spin-off from long-running research aboard the International Space Station is opening up a new way to keep hospital patients safe from infections.
Using plasma - electrically charged gas - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics director Gregor Morfill is developing ways to kill bacteria and viruses that can cause infections in hospitals.
"What we have with plasma is the possibility to supplement our own immune system," says Dr Morfill.
The research began on the International Space Station (ISS), where his physics experiments have been running since 2001.
The first laboratory was the Plasmakristall Experiment Nefedov (PKE-Nefedov) which was replaced in 2006 by the PK-3 Plus lab. Both were developed under a bilateral cooperation between German and Russian space agencies. The development of the third-generation PK-4 lab was started in 2006 with ESA funding for the continuation from 2013 of the complex plasma experiments on ISS.
For more info, visit on http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/zapping_bacteria.html
Using plasma - electrically charged gas - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics director Gregor Morfill is developing ways to kill bacteria and viruses that can cause infections in hospitals.
"What we have with plasma is the possibility to supplement our own immune system," says Dr Morfill.
The research began on the International Space Station (ISS), where his physics experiments have been running since 2001.
The first laboratory was the Plasmakristall Experiment Nefedov (PKE-Nefedov) which was replaced in 2006 by the PK-3 Plus lab. Both were developed under a bilateral cooperation between German and Russian space agencies. The development of the third-generation PK-4 lab was started in 2006 with ESA funding for the continuation from 2013 of the complex plasma experiments on ISS.
For more info, visit on http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/zapping_bacteria.html
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