{"id":542,"date":"2016-12-21T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T17:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/?p=542"},"modified":"2016-12-21T17:36:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T17:36:09","slug":"december-21-gold-silver-copper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/2016\/12\/21\/december-21-gold-silver-copper\/","title":{"rendered":"DECEMBER 21 gold-silver-COPPER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">December 21 &#8211; day 21<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Metals in Biology<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"545\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/2016\/12\/21\/december-21-gold-silver-copper\/antimicrobial%20copper%20on%20bbc%20world%20service_jpg_sia_jpg_fit_to_width_inline\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/12\/antimicrobial20copper20on20BBC20world20service_jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_INLINE.jpg?fit=400%2C248&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,248\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"antimicrobial%20copper%20on%20bbc%20world%20service_jpg_sia_jpg_fit_to_width_inline\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bill Keevil and copper&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/12\/antimicrobial20copper20on20BBC20world20service_jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_INLINE.jpg?fit=400%2C248&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-545 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/12\/antimicrobial20copper20on20BBC20world20service_jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_INLINE.jpg?resize=400%2C248\" alt=\"Bill Keevil and copper\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/12\/antimicrobial20copper20on20BBC20world20service_jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_INLINE.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/12\/antimicrobial20copper20on20BBC20world20service_jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_INLINE.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Keevil and copper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Christmas is all about gold, \u00a0silver and\u00a0lots and lots of \u00a0glitter, but have you considered copper for the festive month? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/biosci\/about\/staff\/cwk.page\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">Bill Keevil<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>and his team are known for their studies on the antimicrobial effects of copper and have now secured funding to investigating the antimicrobial properties of copper infused fabrics. \u00a0Bill and his team are working with <strong>Copper Clothing ltd<\/strong> who have copper clothing Christmas present items for sale on their website\u00a0\u00a0Click <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900\" href=\"https:\/\/www.copperclothing.co.uk\/\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to access their site- they for those last minute gifts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Doing the washing up after Christmas lunch will never be the same again?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 21 &#8211; day 21 Metals in Biology Christmas is all about gold, \u00a0silver and\u00a0lots and lots of \u00a0glitter, but have you considered copper for the festive month? 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