Jessica Rimsza, a materials engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, sees untapped potential in what most people see as waste. Food scraps, manure and sewage are natural byproducts of the U.S.

The move comes days after Israel approved a process to register West Bank land as "state property," drawing widespread international condemnation and fears it would accelerate annexation.

In the first instalment of LCGC International's interview series exploring how artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning ...