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University of Washington researchers use coffee grounds with fungi spores for 3D printing

University of Washington researchers use coffee grounds with fungi spores for 3D printing

March 3, 2025 |

In Washington state, a University of Washington team developed a new system for turning coffee grounds into a paste, which they use to 3D print objects: packing materials, pieces of a vase, a small statue. They inoculate the paste with Reishi mushroom spores, which grow on the objects to form that mycelial skin. The skin […]

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