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ArticleScience advances2025

Biomaterials for organically generated habitats beyond Earth.

Robin Wordsworth, Rafid Quayum, Elida Kocharian, Ann Pearson, Xavier Portillo, Madeleine Yang, Charles S Cockell, Shannon Nangle, George Church

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Robin WordsworthSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1127-8334
Rafid QuayumSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Elida KocharianDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-3375-7418
Ann PearsonDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2785-8405
Xavier PortilloDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Madeleine YangDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Charles S CockellSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Shannon NangleCirce, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3338-7163
George ChurchDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6232-9969

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sustaining life beyond Earth requires the creation of habitats, which is typically assumed to require costly transport of high-mass components from Earth. Here, we investigate an alternative approach based on in situ fabrication using biologically generated materials. We show that several common biomaterials are capable of blocking UV radiation, transmitting visible light, and maintaining pressure differences sufficient to permanently stabilize liquid H

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Biocompatible MaterialsEcosystemCarbon DioxideEarth, PlanetExtraterrestrial EnvironmentHumansPrinting, Three-DimensionalBiocompatible MaterialsCarbon Dioxide

Identifiers

PMID40601749
PMCPMC12219502

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