That steady moisture may aid the reactions that make the material harden.

Demonstration of methods for making biochar to improve garden soil and increase food production. Explains charcoal-making ...

Researchers harnessed rice plants to generate electricity using plant microbial fuel cells. Activated biochar electrodes ...

BIOCHAR, an international academic journal dedicated to biochar science and technology, has achieved a 2025 Impact Factor of 15.1, according to the 2026 Journal Citation Reports released by Clarivate ...

In a sustainable future, nothing goes to waste…including human waste.

Could the concrete of the future contain a little bit of poop? (Lighthouse Films/Getty Images) Concrete is, quite literally, ...

Researchers transformed used coffee grounds into a valuable construction material. Pyrolysis converted the grounds into ...

Discarded banana peels are being transformed into biochar for filtering used household water. Researchers in Ethiopia tested ...

What is biochar? And could it be used by Australian farmers to sequester carbon, save water and fertilisers, and increase soil microbial life? It may have become a political sound bite of late, but ...

In the quest for climate solutions, Pat Jones, the president of Clean Maine Carbon, is among the Maine entrepreneurs banking on this charcoal-like substance. They say it can bind up carbon for decades ...

Scientists are reporting that "biochar" -- a material that the Amazonian Indians used to enhance soil fertility centuries ago -- has potential in the modern world to help slow global climate change.