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Loos to loaves: How the ‘nervous wees’ of London Marathon runners are being turned into fertiliser
If scaled, urine from last year’s London Marathon could have fertilised enough wheat for 3,000 loaves of bread.View on ...
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Forget about mousetraps – scientists build a better, less splashy urinal
Urine doesn't belong on the floor, and it definitely doesn't belong on our clothes. An experimental new urinal design could ...
Engineers Designed the Scientifically Perfect Urinal to Save Men’s Dignity—and Pants
The researchers published a recent paper on their anti-splashback efforts and novel urinal designs in Oxford University Press’ journal PNAS Nexus. The advent for the revolution of the humble urinal ...
The traditional Glasgow pubs named 'must visit' by local beer experts
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) have named their best pubs in Glasgow and the West of Scotland and the State Bar and the ...
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I visited worst-rated car park dubbed 'largest urinal' and the smell, the tiny spaces, it's all true
Once inside and the automatic door shuts behind you are in the largest concrete urinal I have ever been in. "Parking bays are just big enough for a car but not if your passengers want to get out.
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New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day
Related: The Physics of Peeing, and How to Avoid Splash-Back "The surfaces of urinals have significantly higher concentrations of bacteria than traditional toilets, with surrounding floors having the ...
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Up to 265,000 gallons of urine splashback could be prevented with snazzy new urinal designs
"The surfaces of urinals have significantly higher concentrations of bacteria than traditional toilets, with surrounding floors having the highest level," the researchers added. This high level of ...
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8 Ways to Style a Tie Beyond the Traditional Power Suit
The barn jacket has taken fashion by storm over the past year. And while the utilitarian jacket style is far from the traditional outerwear befitting a tie, that's exactly why they work so well ...
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New splash-free urinal could save one million liters of spilled urine daily
For over a hundred years, urinal shapes have barely changed. The classic design made famous by artist Marcel Duchamp in 1917 still looks the same today. Unfortunately, these traditional urinals ...
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New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day
They found that when the urine stream hit the surface at less than 30 degrees, the level of splashback was reduced to only 1.4% of the levels seen in a traditional urinal design.