date:Aug 17, 2016
A study carried out by scientists, has revealed promising results with LEDs showing an ability to kill strains of salmonella bacteria in unpasteurised orange juice. Meaning that in the future, fruit-juice dispensers could be fitted with blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) to stave off the salmonella bacteria that makes people ill.
Heading the team of scientists that did the study was Assistant Professor Yuk Hyun-Gyun and his former PhD student, Dr Vinayak Ghate.
Researchers used LEDs of waveleng