"It’s kind of a win-win." Researchers discover method for extracting valuable metal from electronic waste — here's how it works first appeared on The Cool Down.

they used a byproduct of the cheesemaking process to extract gold from electronic waste. Whey protein is the liquid that remains after milk has been curdled and strained during cheese production.

Researchers have found a sustainable way to recover gold from discarded electronics using a technique that you may struggle to believe.

Only gold is extracted with no other ions or salts.” Gold is used in many industries including consumer electronics (mobile phones, laptops etc.) and, when the products are eventually discarded, ...

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 ...

Those who have had experience in gold digging have represented to us that miners have found great difficulties for the want of some process, by machinery or otherwise, in extracting the gold from ...

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