Kansas State researcher Kenneth Klabunde reported in August that his magnesium oxide nanoparticles were able to kill bacteria in less than five minutes.

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His Kansas State spinout NanoScale Materials plans to register the magnesium oxide as a biocide with the EPA and build a factory to mass-produce the nanoparticles.

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In 2010 a team of researchers from Washington State University found that artificial regolith containing silicon, aluminium, calcium, iron and magnesium oxide could be used by 3D printers to create solid objects.

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