'Living bricks' developed by US University researchers

摘要

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, US, have used active bacteria to create living bricks that can grow themselves, in order to design more sustainable buildings. In a recent study published in the journal Matter, the researchers showed how living building materials (LBMs) could be engineered with the help of certain types of bacteria. Wil Srubar, an engineer at the university, said, "Nature has figured out how to do a lot of things in a clever and efficient way, we just need to pay more attention."