These high-tech diapers double as urine tests
In the future, some diapers could act like a mini labs to immediately detect potential health problems.
Tag: urine
Urine, the future material to build new bases at the moon
Urea could help build hardier, sturdier bases in space.
Bricks grown from your urine make for greener houses, plumper crops
A story that has some 'ew' -- but definitely a lot of 'wow', too.
Pee, Poop, and Perspiration Will Be Useful in Traveling to Mars
Astronauts' waste will not be wasted.
This IKEA ad might change your life — if you pee on it
Embedded inside the magazine is a redesigned ELISA pregnancy test.
Waste not, want not: astronauts to turn pee into nutrients, tools on deep-space missions
Stay hydrated up there, ladies and gents.
Fish urine keeps corals healthy, but we’re taking all the fish out of the water
Does this mean I have to pee in the pool now?
One of the oldest known New Testament copies could have been written in pee-based ink
This ink is number 1. Literally.
Cheap home urine test scans for diseases
Stanford University invented a new low-cost tech that diagnoses diseases from a urine sample.
Scientists have figured out why bearcats smell like buttered popcorn
Hint: it's the urine.
When nature calls in outer space: here’s how astronauts use the toilet
A few days ago, we were telling you about the espresso machine 3D printed onboard the International Space Station. Now, ...
Hamburg deters public urination by lining walls with hydrophobic spray
When man piss in wind, wind piss back, a modern Confucius states. In this line, the city of Hamburg ingeniously ...
San Francisco experiments with planter-based public pee stations
San Francisco, for the nice and laid back city that it is, has many problems - and I was pretty ...
Waterless Urinals: Saving Water And Money From Going Down the Drain
More than 160 billion gallons of water are flushed down the drains each year due to urinal usage.
New Urine Test Could Diagnose Eye Disease
Urine isn't exactly the first place you want to start looking for eye diseases - but according to a new ...
Medical breakthrough: chemical composition of human urine determined
It may come as a shock to you to find out that the chemical make-up of human urine hasn't ...
Chinese turtle is unique in the animal kingdom: it urinates through its mouth
We've written about some bizarre animals in the past, but just when you think nothing can come as a surprise... ...
Nothing goes to waste: urine as a new source of renewable energy
Urine --> Fuel Cells --> Electricity and Water. Don't you just love science? And no, I'm not taking the piss. ...
Ultimate recycling: urine for water
This is not for the average man, but when you're more than 300 km above the Earth, it's pretty hard ...