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A Middle School Student Built a Sidewalk Material That Absorbs Rainwater Instead of Flooding Streets, Using Materials Most People Throw Away

This student decided to tackle flooding with a homemade concrete mix using recycled materials and one unexpected concrete ingredient. After seeing floodwater spill from a driveway into the street during a storm in Miami, sixth grader Luca Durham began searching for a way to make concrete absorb water instead of pushing it away. His experiments with porous materials and recycled was... [3963 chars]

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