Pattern-forming bacteria used with AI as sensors

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Source: Soonhee Moon, Danino Lab/Columbia Engineering

Synthetic biologists have engineered bacterial swarm patterns to visibly record environment and use deep learning to decode patterns - applications could range from monitoring environmental pollution to building living materials.

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