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Moon settlements could use brick-repairing bacteria for long-lasting habitats
New research suggests that bacteria could be used to repair and strengthen bricks made from lunar soil, or regolith.
Scientists Discovered the Tunnels of a Possibly Unknown Ancient Lifeform
For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on ...
Fixing cracks in space bricks with bacteria
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a bacteria-based technique to repair bricks that can be ...
IISc team's bacteria-based method may help repair cracked bricks on Moon
Bengaluru have developed a method using Sporosarcina pasteurii bacteria to repair cracks in bricks used on the Moon. The ...
Scientists find mysterious micro-burrows in desert marbles hinting at unknown life forms
Scientists recently identified peculiar micro-burrows in marble and limestone formations in Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, ...
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IISc researchers create way to repair bricks for use on moon
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a bacteria-based technique to repair bricks that can be used to build lunar habitats, if they get damaged in the moon’s harsh ...
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Indian team develops new way to repair space bricks, to launch aboard Gaganyaan
The IISc team has developed a method that utilises lunar soil, or "regolith," combined with a soil bacterium called ...
IISc researchers develop bacteria to repair bricks in space; samples to be sent onboard Gaganyaan
A sample of the bacteria may now be sent to space as part of the Gaganyaan mission to study its behaviour in microgravity.