The same coffee that kicks your ass into gear every morning may soon be able to power the espresso machine that made it. The South Korean National Research Council of Science and Technology announced that a Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) research team has figured out how to turn used coffee grounds into biochar: a type of high-quality charcoal that can be used in power generation.

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