Science and Technology

Light Kills Germs! Die Germs Die!

Posted on: Thu 1 Mar 2018

Tom Jordan speaks to Subatomic presenter Rohan Neagle about the power of UV rays to fry those pesky germs, and what scientists are doing when they re-engineer human cells.

Produced by Tom Jordan

Image sourced from Max Pixel.

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