What do you get when you mix human urine, loose sand, and bacteria? The answer is urine-based bio-bricks: A more environmentally friendly substitute for kiln-fired bricks, according to researchers at ...

University of Cape Town researchers, including Dr. Dyllon Randall and students Vukheta Mukhari and Suzanne Lambert, from left to right, have created “bio-bricks” from human urine, loose sand and ...

The world's first bio-brick grown from human urine has been unveiled by University of Cape Town (UCT) master's student in civil engineering Suzanne Lambert, signalling an innovative paradigm shift in ...

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The world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine has been unveiled by University of Cape Town (UCT) master’s student in civil engineering Suzanne Lambert, signalling an innovative paradigm shift in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have grown bricks from urine that could someday be used to ...

Of all the ambitious ideas that might deliver us from the wrath of the changing climate, turning human urine into liquid gold seems like a long shot. But according to scientists in South Africa, it ...

Thanks to a novel process, human urine can be turned into bio-bricks. Robyn Walker Initially, curiosity. Some years ago I read about a US based company called BioMASON that uses the same process we do ...

An American architecture professor in Abu Dhabi has come up with a new generation of sustainable bricks — grown by bacteria using sand, calcium chloride, and pee. Rather than being fired in a kiln, ...

The researchers said the material exhibited good thermal insulation and fire-resistant properties. (Picture courtesy: IE) A new development by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), ...

Johannesburg, Oct 29 (PTI) Researchers say they have developed the world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine, an advance with significant consequences for waste recycling and upcycling. The ...