That's a relief! We have a way to recover phosphorus from our urine
- Written by Federico Volpin, PhD Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
Phosphorus was first discovered by boiling down thousands of litres of urine.Shutterstock/Lesterman
To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at some of the elements used by researchers in their work.
Today’s focus is phosphorus, an element that is vital for life but of limited supply....
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