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Bacteria turn 3D-printed sand into solid building elements
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 14 Oct 2026, 17:20 UTC. The headline in use is “Bacteria turn 3D-printed sand into solid building elements”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Cement manufacturing is one of the largest sources of CO₂ emissions in the construction industry. At the Department of Architecture, Karen Antorveza Paez, who has just completed her doctorate at ETH Zurich, is researching an alternative that works in a different way: instead of firing rocks at over 1,000°C, she…
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