A team of researchers is developing new approaches to chemical synthesis and mineral processing based on solid-state chemistry -- and inspired by examples from nature. The unconventional approaches ...

The breakthrough recovers aluminum, strips away harmful metals, and even allows the residue to be used in ceramics.

A groundbreaking method of recycling electronic waste could revolutionize the extraction of precious metals for green technologies. Gisele Azimi, a professor at the University of Toronto and an expert ...

Copper smelting - a critical process in metal production - often generates slag, which contains valuable metals. This slag has historically been thrown away, causing harm to the environment and ...

Researchers in the US and abroad believe we could help decarbonize and electrify the transportation sector with hardy, fast-growing plants.

A research team from Tsinghua University in Beijing has unveiled a powerful new technique to extract hazardous and valuable metals from industrial wastewater, using an unconventional method that ...

Fifty years ago, scientists hit upon what they thought could be the next rocket fuel. Carboranes -- molecules composed of boron, carbon and hydrogen atoms clustered together in three-dimensional ...

New research shows how fatty acids in cooking oil can safely dissolve and recover silver from circuit boards without harmful ...

Review highlights emerging methods to create ultrathin 2D metals with unique electronic and catalytic properties, opening ...