New Process Uses Microbes to Create Valuable Materials from Urine

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• analog31 50 minutes ago
  Not the first time that urine has been used as a raw material at scale

  https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainm...
• schiffern 1 hour ago
  Also check out the CodysLab version of biological urine reuse (aka the giant aquarium filter):

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhYW0QVS408

  Great channel. Quite a shame to hear about Cody's burnout after constant issues getting paid by YouTube, and apparently dating problems with the stigma associated with "youtuber."
• LargoLasskhyfv 2 hours ago
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59416-8#Abs1

  The valuable materials are artificial bone made from hydroxyapatite produced by yeast, used in bone surgery and dentistry.