It may seem intuitively obvious that the virus would thrive in fabrics and other porous materials and do poorly on non-porous surfaces like steel and glass, but the CSIRO group found just the opposite ...

Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) porous structures: From multi-scale design, precise additive manufacturing to multidisciplinary applications ...

Neutron scattering is non-destructive, unlike electron microscopy, another common method used to investigate porous materials. Next the group measured the change of neutron scattering signals with gas ...

They found that the bacteria live longer on the porous surfaces like seat-back pocket fabric, but these porous surfaces are less likely to transfer to humans via surface contact. Bacteria are more ...

The researchers, all from the department of mechanical engineering of IIT-Bombay, found Covid-19 can survive for four days on glass and seven days on plastic as well as stainless steel.