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Textiles help turn mycelium into building material
November 1st, 2023
BioKnit, a prototype researchers created using mycocrete. They constructed the self-supporting dome by securing merino yarn tubes to a solid structure and then filled the tubes with mycocrete. Image: The Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment A team of scientists and engineers in the Living Textiles Research Group in the Hub for Biotechnology in […]
Fire-resistant mycelium sheets may be used in construction
November 1st, 2023
The fungi the researchers used, in various forms, including the mycelium sheets (rectangle in upper left, circle in middle bottom and the strips next to it). The dark brown strips on the right-hand side are sheets that the researchers burned. Image: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) […]