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University of Manchester has created a durable, washable, concrete-like composite material.
Made from antibacterial copper nanoparticles - much cheaper than silver.
Able to bind it to wearable materials such as cotton and polyester.
E. coli infections alone killed more than 5,500 NHS patients in 2015.
Fabrics showed excellent antibacterial resistance even after 30 washes.
The study was published in the Journal of Nanomaterials.
