Scientists have figured out a way to recycle important metals trapped inside electrical waste. Using textiles, researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have improved the ...

Donald Trump’s tariff circus is a work of art See the world's first drone aircraft carriers 'American Pickers' star Mike Wolfe makes ‘tough decision’ to shutter Nashville store 39-year-old makes about ...

ETH Zurich researchers have developed a sustainable method to recover gold from electronic waste. The method uses a sponge made from denatured whey proteins that selectively adsorb gold ions. The ...

While you won't get rich off your old electronics, cleaner methods for extracting materials like gold is a win for the environment. In 2025, it’s not uncommon for a typical household to have a drawer ...

A new method for recovering high-purity gold from discarded electronics is paying back US$50 for every dollar spent, according to researchers – who found the key gold-filtering substance in ...

Tackling the issues: Electronic waste is a growing problem. Each year, consumers produce millions of tons of used and broken electronics. Only a portion of the metals they contain are recycled because ...

Greenpeace says a pipeline company's lawsuit threatens the organization's future Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,' Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG ...

If you open almost any modern gadget you'll almost definitely strike a tiny bit of gold. Thanks to the precious metal's high conductivity and resistance to corrosion it's used on printed circuit board ...

Inside all TVs, computers, mobile phones, gaming consoles, and other electronic devices lies a circuit board of some sort, and inside that circuit board lies gold. Though it only exists in tiny ...

In context: The Royal Mint, which has been producing British coins since the Middle Ages, is now adapting to a world where physical money is becoming less essential. In an effort to reinvent itself, ...

London - The U.K.'s Royal Mint, the country's official coinmaker, has opened a factory that will extract gold from e-waste to reduce its reliance on traditional mining and encourage more sustainable ...