Plasma technology can be tapped to kill biofilms on perishable fruit, foods

Seeing fruit ‘turn bad and going to waste’ inspired a team of researchers in China to explore using atmospheric pressure nonequilibrium plasma as a novel solution to extend the shelf life of fruit and other perishable foods. Now their computational study of how air plasma interacts with bacterial biofilms on an apple’s surface suggests that plasma technology could be used to decontaminate food in the future.