As a professional gardener, I’m always seeking out new ways to feed my plants. I have steeped nettles in old buckets to brew a nitrogen-rich foliar feed, hoarded banana skins from the trash for a ...

Scientists in Germany have successfully turned urine into bio-concrete, as part of a project aiming to revolutionize sustainable construction by creating building materials from waste. The research ...

Many of us want a lush, green, thriving lawn, but along with the right choice of grass and good mowing habits, it's important to decide which fertilizer is best to use. There's one option that's ...

From human waste to superplasticiser, astronaut urine could become a useful resource for making a robust type of concrete on the Moon. A recent ESA research showed that urea, the main organic compound ...

No extra calcium required to make teeth. Aug. 1, 2013— -- Did you think repurposing feces for better digestive health was kind of weird? A team of scientists at the Guangzhou Institutes of ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving colonies of bacteria, which could one day help reduce global warming ...

A consultant ophthalmologist, Dr Festus Oshoba, has cautioned against the application of harmful substances to treat eye redness. He specifically warned against the use of human or cow urine as a ...