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- Bacteria-fighting materialsBillions of dollars are spent each year fighting what sometimes seems like a losing battle against infections in hospitals and medical facilities. However, many…
- Dyeing with bacteriaAustrian designer Julia Moser is working with pigment-producing bacteria to dye textile without harmful chemicals and pollution. Fashion colours change each year, yet one…
- Electrical wires inspired by bacteriaResearchers of the University of Antwerp, the University of Hasselt and Delft University of Technology discovered that centimetre-long bacteria from the seafloor contain fibres…
- Lights with patterns created by bacteriaSwedish designer Jan Klingler created lights coloured by the growing patterns of bacteria, yeast and fungi. Through the help of microbiologist M.D. Ph.D. Volkan…
- ‘Painting’ the Mona Lisa with bacteriaResearchers from the Sapienza University of Rome ‘painted’ portraits of the Mona Lisa, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin and others, by using genetically modified bacteria.…
- Growing paints using colourful bacteriaWe have seen plastic eating bacteria, bioplastic producing bacteria, brick-growing bacteria… Needless to say, bacteria can be very useful in the production (or destruction)…
- Self-Healing Cement: Freezer-Stored Bacteria for Sustainable ConstructionConcrete is the most widely used building material in the world, but it has a significant environmental impact, accounting for approximately 8% of global…
- PHA bioplastic made with the help of predatory bacteriaPHA (polyhydroxyalkanoates) are polyesters produced by bacteria, which are an alternative to petroleum-based plastics. There are various ways to extract the bioplastic from the…
- Living concrete made of bacteria and sandResearchers of University of Colorado Boulder in the US are working on a way to revolutionise building materials, by combining sand and bacteria to…
- Bacteria-infused clothing for improved skinDesigner Rosie Broadhead, in collaboration with microbiologist Chris Callewaert, developed clothing with encapsulated bacteria in the fibres to promote reduced body odour, cell renewal…
- Artificial mother of pearl made by bacteriaResearchers from the University of Rochester in the US developed an inexpensive and environmentally friendly method for making artificial mother of pearl using bacteria.…
- Growing Eco-friendly Bricks with Sand and BacteriaStart-up company BioMason is currently working towards a debut of a new kind of eco-friendly brick ‘grown’ with sand and bacteria. Based in North Carolina,…
- Dyeing clothes with genetically engineered bacteriaThe British company Colorfix developed a method to genetically engineer bacteria to produce certain colour making enzymes. More than a hundred billion articles of…
- Ocean Bacteria Reveal How Biodegradable Plastics Really Break DownBiodegradable plastics are often seen as a solution to the global plastic waste problem. However, new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…
- TU Delft Students Win On World Stage With 3D Bacteria PrinterStudents from TU Delft have won first prize in a contest in Boston with a 3D printer called The Biolinker. Made of technical K’NEX…
- Origami bio-battery powered by bacteriaResearchers at Binghamton University in New York have created a bacteria-powered bio-battery from a sheet of paper. The project is aimed at creating batteries for…
- Living, Rainbow-Coloured Textiles Grown by BacteriaResearchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have created a new way to grow and colour textiles using living microbes.…
- Endlessly recyclable plastic made by bacteriaResearchers at Berkeley Lab, US, developed a way to engineer bacteria to produce raw materials that can be turned into plastic, and are endlessly…
- Engineered Bacteria Turn Potato Starch Into Biodegradable BioplasticResearchers at the University of Barcelona have developed a biodegradable bioplastic from unprocessed potato starch. The material offers a promising alternative to conventional petroleum-based…
- Scoby: edible packaging material grown from bacteriaPolish designer Roza Janusz developed Scoby, an alternative to plastic food packaging that is made by bacteria and can be eaten or composted after…
- A shoe grown using microbial weavingFor her master’s work at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, designer and researcher Jen Keane grew the upper of a shoe…
- Water filter from wood cellulose offers portable, eco-friendly purificationClean water is, unfortunately, not guaranteed for anyone. In some countries, people have to make due with polluted water or travel long distances to…
- This Little Black Chip Can Disinfect Water in 20 MinutesScientists at Stanford University have developed an incredible tiny and inexpensive chip that is able to efficiently grab solar energy and kill bacteria minutes…
- Passive anti-bacterial materialsLooking to nature for some materials ideas is often a great source of inspiration. Tiny spikes on materials slowly deflate bacteria cells like balloons,…
