Discarded electronics can be a gold mine – literally. Researchers have developed an efficient new way to use graphene to recover gold from electronic waste, without needing any other chemicals or ...

Let's be real here. Most of us toss old phones and computers into a drawer and forget they exist. Some go straight to the landfill. Here's the thing: you're literally throwing away gold mines. Not ...

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 ...

Researchers in China have introduced a room-temperature process that extracts over 98% of gold from discarded electronics, including old phones, in less than 20 minutes, at a cost of about US$1,455 ...

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 ...