Few of us realize the amount of electronic waste (E-waste) the world population is generating. New laptops, computers, smart phones and iPhones are replaced so fast by users looking for more capacity, ...
Chinese scientists have developed a rapid e-waste mining method that extracts gold in under 20 minutes at around one-third of ...
For many people, old electronics quickly fall out of sight and out of mind, sitting in a box in the back of the closet when they make their next upgrades. When they’re finally thrown out, the devices ...
Electronic waste (e-waste) refers to discarded electronic devices such as smartphones, laptops, televisions, and other consumer or industrial electronics that are no longer functional or needed. These ...
A small molecule that naturally serves as a binding site for metals in enzymes also proves useful for separating certain rare earth metals from each other. In a proof of concept, the process extracts ...