The Huffington Post UK, in its January 6, 2014 article, reports that Your Next Phone Screen Will Kill Bacteria With Silver.
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Your phone is disgusting - not because it's old, or doesn't have a
fingerprint reader, but because it's covered in bacteria.
Luckily Corning, who make the near-ubiquitous Gorilla Glass which many
top smartphones are made with, have a solution.
Their new type of glass has a built-in antibacterial material which kills
nasties with the destructive power of... silver.
Microbes are killed on contact with toxic silver, and the result is a
smartphone which is arguably cleaner and perhaps a bit healthier.
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