Scientist Designs 'Portable Hanging Rack Device' (VIDEO)

Florida Atlantic University

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Video shows two versions of the "portable hanging rack device" and the researcher swabbing a face mask and placing it onto a Petri dish. The last image is a side-by-side view of bacteria from a face mask before and after using the sanitization device. When UV-C radiation contacts the mask, the surface of the mask is subsequently sanitized as the radiation deactivates the biological components of pathogens.

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Patrick Grant, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University

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