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London, November 20 : A textiles scientist in the US has devised a way to kill flu viruses with the help of dyes that release highly reactive oxygen atoms.

Stephen Michielsen of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta says that upon being exposed to light, the dyes—such as prophyrins and fluoresceines—release oxygen radicals that have the ability to deactivate viruses.

He says that such oxygen radicals also have some anti-bacterial properties, reports New Scientist magazine.

The researcher has plans to embed the dyes in fibres, which can then be woven into textiles.

Michielsen says that such textiles could then be used to kill viruses in the filters of ventilation systems of hospitals, and in surgical masks.

London, November 20 : Electronics company Philips has invented a remote-controlled pill which has a cavity for carrying a medicine, and which can be opened by a remote signal.

Washington, Nov 20 : A new study has revealed that people with migraines have differences in an area of the brain that helps process sensory information, including pain.

Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new seafloor pressure recording system to detect tsunamis shortly after their development in the open ocean.

Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): A new study by economists has indicated that greenhouse gas emissions in the US could grow more quickly in the next 50 years than in the previous half-century, a major rea

Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): Asian men should kick the butt if they don’t want their locks to fall off, for a new study has stated that smoking might be the cause of age-related hair loss among them.

According to Lin-Hui Su, M.D., M.Sc., of the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, and Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen, D.D. S., Ph. D., of National Taiwan University, Taipei, the risk for the condition is largely genetic, however some environmental factors may also play a role.

“Androgenetic alopecia, a hereditary androgen-dependent disorder, is characterized by progressive thinning of the scalp hair defined by various patterns, ” the authors wrote as background information in the article.

“It is the most common type of hair loss in men”, they added.