Cordyceps couture: Living textile almost self-repairs
In China, a team of researchers at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology have created a textile out of mycelium that can almost repair itself. Unlike previous mushroom-based textiles that grew mycelium but killed it to stop growth, the Shenzhen team used dormant cordyceps militaris. This created a material that self-renews. The team also showed that they […]
