In 2022, humans produced an estimated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. This was up 82 per cent from 2010 and is expected to rise to 82 ...

Have you ever wondered why companies are so eager for your old electronics? It's not because they want your previous iPhone ...

(Nanowerk News) Throughout history, alchemists believed in the existence of the philosopher’s stone: a substance that could turn cheap substances into precious gold. Now scientists from The University ...

Researchers in Switzerland have developed an innovative method to extract pure gold from electronic waste using whey, a ...

An aerogel made from old milk can extract highly pure gold nuggets from discarded computer motherboards. Discarded electronics, known as e-waste, often contain large amounts of gold and other heavy ...

ALBAWABA - Amid the huge attention towards gold and other precious metals, a video has gone viral and gained millions of views after showing people that they can extract gold from SIM cards. Although ...

A team of researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has made a discovery that they say could turn recycling e-waste into a literal goldmine. The researchers devised a novel way to extract precious ...

Gold miners are facing mounting pressure to improve recoveries and reduce processing risk, yet many still rely on methods ...

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 ...

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 ...

Data is the new gold. It's the mantra you often hear these days. Or sometimes it's the new oil. Data is undoubtedly a valuable resource, and once extracted it can become the raw material of other ...