🌿 Environment
February 04, 2026 at 09:28 PM
Fungi help turn old mattresses into insulation
Source:
Popular Science
Scientists are developing a method using fungi, a relative of penicillin, to transform discarded mattresses into insulation, offering an innovative solution to the 50,000 mattresses trashed daily in the US.
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