New research suggests that bacteria could be used to repair and strengthen bricks made from lunar soil, or regolith.

Increasing Demand from Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare: The pharmaceutical sector is witnessing higher usage of calcite in ...

Bengaluru have developed a method using Sporosarcina pasteurii bacteria to repair cracks in bricks used on the Moon. The ...

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 ...

BENGALURU: Researchers at IISc have developed an innovative bacteria-based technique to repair space bricks used to build lunar habitats. Whilst living on space ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a bacteria-based technique to repair bricks that can be ...

A sample of the bacteria may now be sent to space as part of the Gaganyaan mission to study its behaviour in microgravity.

To cut costs, instead of carrying material from Earth, astronauts would need to use the abundantly available lunar soil, or ...

The IISc team has developed a method that utilises lunar soil, or "regolith," combined with a soil bacterium called ...

Researchers at IISc have developed an innovative bacteria-based technique to repair cracks in bricks made from lunar soil ...

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