Cell phones treated for just 10 minutes in a new desktop-sterilization device were fully rid of germs, including those that may be responsible for common skin infections, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found in a new study. The findings, published Feb. 11 in the journal Plasma Medicine, suggest a quicker, easier, cheaper and more thorough way to clean common electronic devices, and may offer a new strategy to disinfect biomedical equipment and other objects used in health