Scientists create "living concrete" that can heal itself
Who's coppin' some stock in this new tech?DARPA is particularly interested in a self-growing material that it can use to assemble structures in remote desert areas, or potentially even in space, according to the NYT.
If the living concrete can scale up to that level, it could reduce the amount β and weight β of materials that space agencies will need to launch.
βThereβs no way weβre going to carry building materials to space,β Srubar told the NYT. βWeβll bring biology with us.β