Brian Mcverry News Today

A research team led by Penn State and the University of California, Los Angeles, developed a novel surface treatment for medical devices such as catheters to help prevent hospital infections from bacterial films that can form on these devices.

A novel surface treatment developed at UCLA stops microbes from adhering to common medical devices like catheters and stents.

Nanotech Energy, co-founded by Richard Kaner and Maher El-Kady, was cited for its work on non-flammable, graphene-based batteries.