For all you nurses out there tired of the non-stop handwashing associated with your job, there is a new technology set to kill germs with the push of a button. Plasma gas hand sanitizers, which kill microbes — even stubborn ones like MRSA, the drug-resistant bug that is the scourge of hospitals everywhere — with a zap of gas. They even clean under fingernails! For nurses and doctors sick and tired of chapped hands and Purell, these gadgets could be pretty cool. {via New York Times}

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