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This ink is alive and made entirely of microbes

This ink is alive and made entirely of microbes

Scientists have created a bacterial ink that reproduces itself and can be 3D-printed into living architecture.
Bricks alive! Scientists create living concrete
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Bricks alive! Scientists create living concrete

‘A Frankenstein material’ teeming with — and ultimately made by — photosynthetic microbes. And it can reproduce.
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Faith, farmers, and climate action

Could America’s farmers—a demographic seen as religious and conservative—be a secret weapon in the climate fight?
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