Researchers have published a method for 3D-printing an ink that contains calcium carbonate-producing bacteria. The 3D-printed mineralized bio-composite is unprecedentedly strong, light, and ...

Calcium carbonate is an impressive material, in that it combines strength, light weight and porosity. Scientists have devised a new bacteria-based method of 3D-printing the substance, for uses such as ...

The war against the spread of bacteria in places like hospitals and medical centers is often waged using chemical sprays that kill off pesky microorganisms before they can cause problems. They tend to ...

Scientists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have demonstrated a technique for three-dimensional (3D)-printing ink that comprises calcium carbonate-generating bacteria. The method ...

EPFL researchers have published a method for 3D-printing an ink that contains calcium carbonate-producing bacteria. The 3D-printed mineralized bio-composite is unprecedently strong, light, and ...

Synthetic biology is one of the most fascinating areas of the life sciences, which, quite frankly, is saying a lot considering the technological achievements in biology over the past several years.

Like microscopic zoos, researchers have used 3D printers to make holding cells for communities of bacteria to see how they interact to spread disease. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin ...

(Nanowerk News) Nature has an extraordinary knack for producing composite materials that are simultaneously light and strong, porous and rigid – like mollusk shells or bone. But producing such ...