A U.S. startup called Valor is developing electrochemical liquid extraction technology to recover copper and other metals ...

New Pitt research has found there are proteins that may be able to do the same job without the use of harsh chemicals and rigorous energy demands. Meng Wang, an assistant professor of environmental ...

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Korea Zinc is in talks with major U.S. technology companies to recover valuable metals from data-center electronic waste. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Meng Wang has used ferritin to successfully recover critical metals from e-waste from a liquid solution. Credit: Paul Kovach/University of Pittsburgh "Ultimately, we want to recover metals like cobalt ...