How Scientists Are Using Old Mattresses to Help Save Lives

How Scientists Are Using Old Mattresses to Help Save Lives

Your old, filthy mattress filled with several years’ worth of dead skin cells and dirt could one day be turned into a fire-resistant building installation grown with fungus. In a study published in Scientific Reports, scientists at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia describe a process that combines shredded mattress foam with the fungus Penicillium […] The post How Scientists Are Using Old Mattresses to Help Save Lives appeared first on VICE .