"Living material" offers new way to clean polluted water

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water.
Dubbed an “engineered living material,” it is a 3D-printed structure made of a seaweed-based polymer combined with bacteria that have been genetically engineered to produce an enzyme that transforms various organic pollutants into benign molecules. The bacteria were also engineered to self-destruct in the presence of a molecular trigger. This offers a way to eliminate them after they have done their job.
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[@Ilovelife20101]

Thank you so much to the researchers for your work developing this new living material, to clean our planet's water. 💜🙏🕊🕉

[@mikehayden3278]

Wow, great work!

[@puneetkumar2291]

Well done

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Ozonated water should oxidize it rapidly. Ultrasound kills a lot of bacteria. Combine them and increase efficacy.