How can engineers design bricks on Mars for future habitats despite the toxic Martian regolith, also called perchlorates?

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The research, led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has been published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.

Perchlorate, a toxic substance found in Mars dirt, could help the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii strengthen bonds between particles of regolith.