Scientists strengthen concrete by 30 percent with used coffee grounds::Researchers in Australia have found a new use for old coffee grounds: concrete doping!.

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    1 year ago

    I like how the researchers thought, “hmm, I wonder what will happen if I mix my used coffee grounds with this batch of cement over here.”

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      1 year ago

      This is unironically how most discoveries are made… Silly human curiosity

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      1 year ago

      Maybe they dropped old coffee grounds on their fresh concrete sidewalk while getting the trash out.

      I always have these kinds of thoughts when reading articles like this.

      On a serious note , I am pretty sure they find this stuff at the molecule level then match it to the closest item.

      This is an area where AI might actually be really useful in the future. If that’s not already the case.