The novel technique, that can extract gold from discarded electronics in under 20 minutes at room temperature was developed ...

A Cornell University-led research team has created a new process to extract 99.9% of the gold from electronic waste to help turn carbon dioxide into useful organic materials. Discarded electronics are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A team of chemists and materials scientists at the National University of Singapore, working with colleagues from Manchester University, in the U.K., and Guangdong University of Technology, in China, ...

An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has developed a safer and more sustainable approach to extract and recover gold ...

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, ...

A team of scientists have penned a new study that details an interesting way to collect valuable minerals from electronic waste, and the method includes creating a sponge from dairy waste. The sponge ...