EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After an exhaustive two-year process, a University of Arizona Health Sciences research team have announced the publication of their work, Comparison of ...

Hand-washing always has been important, and the pandemic further magnified its crucial role in helping stop the spread of germs. But a new study also suggests the method used for drying hands can be ...

If you're a germaphobe, this viral Facebook post might make you a little squeamish. The post, now shared more than 578,000 times, shows a petri dish swarming with colonies of fungi and bacteria ...

A simple experiment involving hand dryers has gone viral over the last few days, with many people now committed to doing a Taylor Swift and shaking it off from now on. The rest of this article is ...

Using a hand dryer is typically considered to be one of the least nasty stages of using a public bathroom. You’ve just washed your hands, and (usually) don’t have to touch anything to use one, so the ...

A viral Facebook post has people thinking twice about using bathroom hand dryers. “Ok guys..ready to have your mind blown?!” writes Nichole Ward, of California. “This here, Is what grew in a Petri ...

Airborne contaminants, dirty toilet seats, mold, and mildew: Long before the coronavirus pandemic came around, the hygiene-focused among us knew public washrooms are grimy places. Drying hands is an ...

A typically cited figure for the carbon “intensity” of UK electricity generation is 0.2 kilograms of CO 2 per kilowatt-hour. Allowing for around 5 per cent transmission losses, this means that a ...

Public bathrooms are generally considered to be pretty disgusting—but we bet you thought the hand dryers were the least of your problems. Well, Nichole Ward took it upon herself to perform a little ...

Want to dry your hands but keep them clean after you've washed them? Those hot air hand dryers in bathrooms may be blowing it. And by it, I mean bacteria and other gunk. Also, a study published in the ...

Now we are washing our hands more than previously needed due to the outbreak of worldwide pandemics, we need an an environmentally friendly and affordable alternative to washable towels and disposable ...