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The growing need for food has led to a rising demand for fertilizers—especially nitrogen. But making nitrogen fertilizers uses large amounts of fossil fuels, including natural gas, coal, and oil.

Researchers have found a new way to use human urine to make fertilizer for agricultural crops. Their discovery is significant because it can better utilize wastewater in cities and on farms without ...

We know that the agricultural industry has a massive greenhouse gas problem. Now, more research suggests that there is a potentially easy method to cut it down. The promising solution? Simply swap out ...

The reuse of human urine would allow for the production of sustainable fertilizers for urban agriculture, with significant environmental benefits. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the ...

If you find yourself in the middle of nowhere with a gaping wound and no antiseptic solution, then human pee is the next best thing. The sterile disinfectant also doubles as a superb plant fertilizer, ...

In the last century, synthetic fertilizers have changed the face of the planet. The current world population might be halved if not for this useful development. However, farmers are on the verge of a ...

Engineers have designed a system that uses electricity and waste heat generated by solar panels to extract nitrogen fertiliser from human urine, leaving behind clean wastewater which is safer to ...

Bacterial communities in soil are as resilient to human urine as synthetic fertilisers – making recycling the bodily fluid as a fertiliser for agricultural crops a viable proposition, according to a ...

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