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1 June 2014
Scientists at MIT are developing hybrid materials that are a cross between living bacterial cells and non-living components such as gold nanoparticles or quantum dots. The resulting 'living materials' are able to respond to their environment like regular living cells, while also doing things like conducting electricity or emitting light.