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    Electricity generated from urine with successful research done by UWE scientists

    Posted on November 10, 2011 by gavril

    We’ve seen poop-power before. Now, having human-waste perform yet another electricity-generating feat, the scientists at the University of West of England (UWE) in Bristol have successfully generated energy from urine. Pee generates electrons thanks to the anaerobic respiration of bacteria. … Continue reading3 →

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    Extracting hydrogen from Urine requires less energy

    Posted on July 7, 2009 by monali

    It may sound gross to some, but Gerardine Botte of Ohio University claims to have found a way to extract hydrogen from urine. Most of the hydrogen currently available is extracted by reforming natural gas with steam and this process … Continue reading3 →

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    Grow Cycle aims to feed the greens with urine

    Posted on November 27, 2008 by deepa

    Philadelphian designer Brian Kelly intends to explore the relationship between humans and plants by growing greens nourished with urine. He implies that since plants enrich humans with Oxygen and nutrition, we too should enrich them with nitrogen from human’s urine … Continue reading3 →

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    Recycled urine to quench astronaut’s thirst in Space Station

    Posted on November 17, 2008 by deepa

    A trip in space may actually seem to be out-of-this-world for all of us. But for the natives of space, it isn’t as hunky-dory as it seems to us, sitting here on this planet and sipping onto a glass of … Continue reading3 →

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