Modern-day laundry doers have it pretty easy: Soiled clothes, towels and sheets go into the washing machine and come out clean, job done. But knowing how to launder a garment by hand is more useful ...

While washing your hands, take a moment to reflect on things you are grateful for. This practice shifts focus from stressors ...

Celestine Wong is a consultant dermatologist at Monash Health. Rosemary Nixon is a honorary clinical associate professor at the University of Melbourne. This story originally featured on The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New guidelines for hand-washing in medical facilities, aimed at reducing health care- associated infections, ...

How do you test smoke-removal techniques? To find the best non-machine methods for removing smoke smells, we infused silk and polyester fabric with cigarette and mesquite smoke using a cocktail smoker ...

Though hand-washing is proven effective in combating the spread of disease and infection, the physics behind it has rarely been studied. But in Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers from ...

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Not everyone has soap and water to work with. In the Philippines, Oxfam partner PRRM is helping communities stay a little safer. You can help slow the spread of COVID-19. Donate to help slow the ...