The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and miner Teck Resources have partnered once again for mining research, this time for a new facility at the university: the Teck Copper Innovation Hub. By Donna Schmidt Post-use of minerals, especially those that can help make life easier, safer and healthier, never fade into the background – society is always looking for…
Read MoreThe British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and miner Teck have partnered for the Teck Copper Innovation Hub, a facility that will advance research and testing of antimicrobial copper. The Hub, located inside the BCIT Centre for Applied Research and Innovation, will use additive manufacturing (3D printing) to produce healthcare devices composed of copper and composites, which have been proven…
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Call it a fight against the rise in superbugs: how antimicrobial copper is helping eliminate bacteria on high-touch surfaces in hospitals across British Columbia. By Jay Schlosar End uses for copper are growing exponentially. Now, in a fight for the more than 220,000 hospital patients in Canada that will contract healthcare-acquired infections this year comes the growing emergence of antimicrobial…
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