One person’s trash is another person’s treasure, according to a proverb. The adage “pee is a treasure trove of scientific potential” is very literal for those researchers who focus on urine. It can now be utilized to generate electricity. A powerful enough current can be produced by bacteria that consume urine to run a cell phone......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
Urine-derived medications can be used to treat infertility and combat menopausal symptoms. Urine-derived stem cells have been transformed into neurons and even utilized to produce human teeth.
The golden liquid for modern scientists can be, well, liquid gold. But a brief look at history reveals that the development of science and industry has always depended on urine, to the point where the ancient Romans not only sold pee collected from public urinals but also required individuals who traded in urine to pay a tax. So what did preindustrial humans value so highly about poop? Here are a few illustrations:
1. Leather soaked in urine becomes supple:
Urine was a quick and abundant supply of urea, an organic substance based on nitrogen, before it was possible to synthesis compounds in a lab. Urea breaks down into ammonia when kept for a long time. Water containing ammonia works as a caustic but feeble base. Ancient people used pee to soften and tan animal hides because of its high pH, which breaks down organic material. The removal of hair and pieces of flesh from animal skins was facilitated for leather artisans by soaking the skins in urine.
2. Pee’s ability to purify:
If you’ve looked into the chemicals in your household cleansers, ammonia may have caught your eye as a common component. Ammonia, a base, is a helpful cleaner because it can neutralize dirt and grease, both of which have a mild acidic nature. Even though early Europeans were aware of soap, many opted to use urine because of its ammonia to remove stubborn stains off cloth. In fact, in ancient Rome, urine collection containers were a common sight on the streets.
When the containers were full, the urine was taken to a fullonica (a laundry), diluted with water, and then poured over dirty clothes. A worker would stomp on the clothing while standing in the urine-filled tub, much like the agitator in a contemporary washing machine.
Urine, sometimes known as chamber lye because to the chamber pots it was collected in, was frequently used as a soaking solution for difficult stains even after the production of soap became more common.
3. Your whites and colors are also made cleaner and brighter by urine:
If a fabric or dye bath is not treated with a mordant, which helps to bind the dye to the cloth, natural dyes from seeds, leaves, flowers, lichens, roots, bark, and berries can seep out of them. In order for the dye, known as chromophores, to attach to the fabric, it must first be wrapped inside a more complicated molecule or set of molecules. The molecules surrounding the center dye nugget prevent it from leaking away, making it visible. A useful mordant is old pee, or more specifically the ammonia in it. Ammonia molecules have the ability to weave a web around chromophores, aiding in the development of dye color and securing it to fabric
