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Innovative Bioplastics and Living Materials Paving the Way for Martian Colonization

Originally Published 6 months ago — by SciTechDaily

Scientists have developed autonomous living materials using synthetic lichens that can turn Martian soil into building structures, potentially enabling sustainable construction on Mars without heavy materials from Earth, using a self-growing microbial system that only requires local resources like regolith, air, and light.

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Mars Construction Advances Significantly

Originally Published 6 months ago — by Phys.org

Scientists at Texas A&M and the University of Nebraska have developed a synthetic lichen system that enables autonomous construction on Mars by binding regolith particles into structures using engineered living materials, potentially revolutionizing extraterrestrial building methods without human intervention.

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