These "living tattoos" will be able to suck carbon out of the air, protect the buildings, and even make them glow. According to the researchers, buildings with a total surface area of 9.4 billion ...

Walls are necessary but lifeless elements of buildings. They give structure and protection but don’t really do much else. A group of researchers wants to change that. They want to “tattoo” walls with ...

External walls of buildings are normally lifeless and have no additional function. An international team of researchers and companies, in which Carole Planchette from the Institute of Fluid Mechanics ...

Researchers aim to transform building facades by adding microbial life, turning lifeless walls into functional, living surfaces with added environmental roles. (Nanowerk News) External walls of ...