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Buildings grown by bacteria -- new research is finding ways to turn cells into mini-factories for materials

  • Written by Wil Srubar, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering and Materials Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Buildings grown by bacteria -- new research is finding ways to turn cells into mini-factories for materialsA block of sand particles held together by living cells.The University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science, CC BY-ND

Buildings are not unlike a human body. They have bones and skin; they breathe. Electrified, they consume energy, regulate temperature and generate waste. Buildings are organisms – albeit inanimate...

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