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07/13/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Certain bacteria that digest toxic heavy metals transform toxic gold particles into “secondary” gold nuggets

Talk about a silver lining — in this case, a gold one: Researchers have discovered that the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans is able to “extract valuable trace elements from a compound of heavy metals without poisoning itself.” In particular, they identified a unique side effect of this process, that is, the formation of metallic gold nanoparticles. The paper, […]

04/24/2018 / By David Williams

Recovering gold, copper, and other metals from e-waste is cheaper than trying to get them through mining, study finds

The problem of electronic waste (e-waste) has become so bad in many parts of the world that scientists are constantly looking for better ways to dispose of it. E-waste, which includes things like old and discarded mobile phones, computers, and television sets, is currently considered as one of the fastest-growing waste categories in the entire […]

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