Down the drain of a specialised space toilet – and into a 3D printer NASA/Science Photo Library
Waste not, want not. A new method for turning faeces into plastic could come in handy for people living on Mars.
Interplanetary travellers face two big challenges: how to transport all the tools and equipment they need from Earth, and what to do with all their waste. at the University of Calgary and her colleagues wondered if they could find a simple solution to both.
They genetically-engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to convert human faeces to a type of plastic called…
