:: Nüsslein's Work Chosen as One of Time Magazine's Top Inventions of 2007 ::October 2007: MIGHTY MICROBES is the title in Time Magazine's Top Inventions of 2007, in which Dr. Klaus Nüsslein 's work on soil bacteria was chosen to be among The Best Inventions of the Year. In this interdisciplinary effort common soil bacteria are used to solidify loose sand. Bacterial activity forms calcium carbonate cement (CaCO 3 ) between sand particles when specific bacterial cells are co-injected together with their food source into loose sand. This bio-geotechnichal feature could aid in solidifying foundations of buildings, making sandy soils earthquake proof, strengthen levees and bluffs, or support earth dams. The technical aspects to use common soil bacteria to stabilize sandy foundations was an effort undertaken in collaboration with Dr. J. DeJong from UCDavis. This bio-soil improvement research was published recently in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
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