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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🚽🌱 #NASA is testing a mobile #wastewater system at the University of #NorthDakota that turns #astronaut #poop into water for #plants and drinking.

Three #bioreactors process different waste types and feed the treated #water into a vertical #garden – growing #lunar salad from human waste. Engineers are stress-testing the setup in a simulated moon habitat to support a planned lunar base by 2029.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/technology/nasa-wastewater-system-turns-poop-into-plant-food/

#moon #space #agriculture #recycling #science #engineering #food #nutrition

NASA wastewater system will turn human poop into plant food

University of North Dakota grad students will test the system that's destined for the moon.

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JIPB Jul 6, 2025

Findings from a targeted #metabolomic profiling of rubber #tree laticifers by Deng et al. support the potential of developing laticifers as #bioreactors for the production of valuable metabolites in Hevea.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13948
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #JIPB #rubber #latex #botany #OpenAccess

John Vaccaro (johniac)Jan 31, 2025

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Jan 31, 2025

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#wildfire #modelling #AI #Forecasting #Firefighters #microalga #footprint #Chlorella #bioreactors #production #stem-cells #lab-grown #stable #clinical #failure #scratching #aggravates #inflammation #eczema #dermatitis #NAAREA #3D-Printed #Phoenix #Nikon #SLM

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Jan 31, 2025

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Alexander J. Stein Feb 19, 2024

Cultivated meat can provide #meat without exceeding planetary boundaries as its #environment impact is lower vs conventional meat. #Livestock farmers can have #bioreactors to grow #cultivatedmeat & use their land for crops: https://www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/929011/cultivated-meat-is-eu-falling-behind-in-approving-novel-food-and-ensuring-global-food-security #farmers #cleanmeat #landuse

Cultivated meat: Is EU falling behind in approving novel food and ensuring global food security?

"The latest projections suggest that cultivated meat could secure 10 % of the meat market by 2030 and up to 35 % by 2040."

Bose-Einstein-Kondensat Jan 21, 2024

#BioSamplr: An #OpenSource low cost #automated & partially #3Dprinted sampling system for #bioreactors:

-wirelessly controlled by #RaspberryPi using #Python scripts

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2021.e00177
#DIYbio #lab #instruments

Vivek Mutalik Jan 27, 2023

Continuous #bioreactors enable high-level bioremediation of diesel-contaminated seawater at low and mesophilic temperatures using #Antarctic bacterial #consortia: #Pollutant analysis and microbial community composition - ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749123001410

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pawsforthought Nov 28, 2022

@nicole2g @compost My two mini #JohnsonSu #Bioreactors of #Compost built and filled in August. The downpipes (removed after 24 hrs) create ventilating air holes in the compost pile.

After initially heating up between 55-65°C for several days, to kill weed seeds and pathogens, worms were added in September as soon as the pile temperature fell below 25°C.

They are regularly watered to maintain the moisture level. They will take 12 months to produce a fungal, biologically rich compost. 🤞

Tim Dobbs Nov 13, 2022

#introduction

I'm an #automation and #fermentation engineer based in the SF Bay Area.

I'm interested in microbes of all kinds, and especially how we can work with them to meet human needs.

In my day job, I work in #biomanufacturing, focusing on #robotics and #bioreactors. I figure that #microbiology can do amazing things, and #robots and #software are the best tools we have to talk to it.

I'm big on #OpenSource and #diybio. Yes, I would love to collaborate on a cool bio project with you!