Living fungus-based building material repairs itself for over a month

Living fungus-based building material repairs itself for over a month .

Researchers hope their new biomaterials can help replace building materials with high carbon footprints like cement, which contributes up to 8% of all carbon dioxide emissions produced from human activities.

They plan to further optimize the materials by coaxing the cells to live even longer and figuring out how to manufacture them on a larger scale.