News Briefs: Researchers Create ​Eco-Friendly Biosolids Bricks for Construction

A team at RMIT University in Australia recently created a environmentally friendly fired-clay building bricks made out of 10 to 25 percent biosolids. The biosolid bricks are more porous than conventional bricks and have a lower conductivity. According to the team, the bricks made of 25 percent biosolids also cost 48 percent less firing energy to produce, which could save factories money. Cocaine in London River Overflows May Make Eels Hyperactive Cocaine levels in wastewater overflows into the London River could be making eels hyperactive, according to King’s College London researchers and a separate 2018 study about eels by the University of