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8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (194+ words) Published Jun 26, 2025 3:40 PM EDT The researchers, who published their findings in the journal Nature Sustainability this week, demonstrate they could use their process to extract gold from e-waste, as well as used ore. "Overall, this work provides a viable approach…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago  (952+ words) Get the Popular Science daily newsletter" Email address Sign up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An abandoned mine has reopened its doors'not for miners, but for scientists. The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) is…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (756+ words) Get the Popular Science daily newsletter" Email address Sign up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A handful of wealthy, politically connected Silicon Valley investors are reportedly eyeing Greenland's icy shores as the site for a techno-utopian "freedom…...