A research team has developed a method for extracting gold from electronics waste, then using the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas ...

Thiosulfate leaching has emerged as a promising alternative to the traditional cyanide method for gold extraction, primarily due to its lower environmental impact. As concerns about the toxicity ...

(Nanowerk News) A Cornell University-led research team has developed a method for extracting gold from electronics waste, then using the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon ...

The cheaper, cleaner and efficient method was tested by researchers using real e-waste provided by a recycling company.

Scientists in Switzerland might have the Midas touch, at least when it comes to recovering gold from old motherboards. And unlike the fabled king whose bodily contact turned the objects around him ...

The Sacramento Union, in a late article on this subject, notices a method of extracting gold from what is termed as the " tailings" of the quartz mills, invented by a Frenchman named J.

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