3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (713+ words) Scientists turned treated fecal sludge into biochar, and a 10% dose transformed concrete strength. At a fecal-sludge treatment plant in Warangal, India, human waste is dried, heated in a low-oxygen chamber, and turned into a dark, carbon-rich powder. By then, it…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (727+ words) Chemists pushed past Bredt’s Rule and captured highly strained molecules once considered nearly impossible to make. A group of researchers at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) showed that while most of these supposedly unobtainable molecules won’t last long enough…...