Recovering valuable metals from electronic waste, mining streams and industrial waste typically requires large quantities of chemical reagents. Researchers at the University of Illinois ...

Old devices hold metals with real value, but extracting them is often hard and expensive.

Researchers have designed an electrically controlled molecule that can capture and release valuable metals while greatly ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new molecule that simplifies and electrifies the recovery of gold ...

Chinese researchers have discovered a fast, low-cost and environmentally cleaner method for extracting gold from electronic waste, that could significantly reshape e-waste recycling worldwide and ...

In today's world of rapidly evolving technology, it is common for households to have overflowing drawers of outdated electronics like phones, cables, and circuit boards. What many don't realise is ...

At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of e-waste. By using a compound normally found in pool ...

A new electrically active molecule enables cleaner metal recovery by replacing many chemical reagents with electricity, ...

For many people, gold mining conjures images of an old prospector sifting sandy water through a metal pan in the blazing sun. But these days, the process is far more advanced than the 1800s gold rush ...

The selective recovery of precious metals—principally gold, silver and platinum group elements—from aqueous media has emerged as a critical component of circular economy strategies and environmental ...