INNOVATION-July-August-2020

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MODERN DAY ALCHEMISTS TRANSFORMING OLD MATERIALS INTO DISEASE-FIGHTING GOLD

ROBIN J. MILLER

Engineers at UVic and UBC are using time away from their usual projects to tackle two of the biggest issues arising from the COVID-19 epidemic: how to get everyone to wash their hands more often and more safely, and how to reduce the millions of non-biodegradable face masks that are beginning to foul streets and waterways around the world.