Harnessing UV Light to Combat Bacteria
April 17, 2024 • EPISODE 218
In this episode of ScienceLIVE, Roger Billings highlights the power of germicidal UV light to combat bacteria. After developing an electrolyzer to generate hydrogen and oxygen, he encountered a challenge with bacteria buildup in Europe, where ozone-treated water was causing issues. His innovative solution led to a breakthrough invention used by dentists across the U.S. to ensure sterilization and safety.
About DrB
Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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I find it interesting what Mr. Tobias said about the motors through the scientists who work. As a huge fan and geek about motorized vehicles, specifically cars and bikes, that was the most entertaining thing about science I’ve ever heard!! I’m so glad I was able to learn about this process. This is my first time on Science live and I’m already loving it!!
why were those soccer robots so funny/adorable?
the robot is so cute
so cool
wowwwwwww
UV light is used for many things
The uv light was super interesting ⁰
UV light has always been super interesting to me
I wonder what other stuff this could be used for.
The soccer robots were so cute!
Those two robots are so smart!
Love the cool soccer robots and loved the student spotlight for today. Hope one day I can be on student spotlight. Also loved the student who did the cool science fair project. It was amazing since I also loved music.
I noticed more UV streetlights when covid started a few years back.
this is cool
This is cool
Are there any health benefits to using UV light?
I thought the little robots were adorable in the weirdest way.
Is it possible for the robots to learn to plat basketball as well?
how many different viruses can a uv light kill
With the microwave what else could it be used for other then dental utensil cleaning and did it have to be ran for a minute or could it take longer
The difference between the Learned and scripted robots/Animatronics were very interesting. The learned behaviors seemed to have a better chance of being like the action being asked than the scripted action.
This was a good video!
I wonder if this could be used in nanotechnology. Maybe, after cancerous cells have been detected by some other means, a nanobot can enter the cell and destroy the DNA with UV.
Cool
this was awesome