Game-changing creation: Dr Wu Shifan (left), senior research fellow at NTU’s Centre for Urban Solutions, and Prof Chu holding samples of the biocement. — The Straits Times/ANN
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have found a way to transform urine and industrial waste into a renewable type of cement.
Biocement has the potential to be used in construction projects such as reducing beach erosion or building freshwater reservoirs in a desert, NTU said in a statement yesterday.
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