New 3-D printed materials harness the power of bacteria
Items made with ‘living ink’ could make medical supplies or clean contaminated water
![3-D printed doll's face](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/113017_MT_3d-bacteria_main.jpg?fit=860%2C461&ssl=1)
IT’S ALIVE Living bacteria can give 3-D printed materials special powers, such as producing form-fitting wound dressings. Here, such a material is printed on a doll’s face and stained to fluoresce blue.
Manuel Schaffner and Patrick A. Rühs