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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 ...

Swiss researchers from ETH Zurich developed a process to extract gold from electronic waste using whey proteins from cheese production. This new method demonstrates the potential of electronic waste, ...

A man in southern China has drawn attention after demonstrating how he extracted 191.73 grams of gold worth over 210,000 yuan (US$30,222) from discarded SIM cards and other electronic waste.