Credit crunch got you down? Looking for gold in all the wrong places, like, say, the innards of your computer? Don’t! Unless you want to die! A Tulsa man died last week (news travels fast…) as a ...

An aerogel made from old milk can extract highly pure gold nuggets from discarded computer motherboards. Discarded electronics, known as e-waste, often contain large amounts of gold and other heavy ...

Tackling the issues: Electronic waste is a growing problem. Each year, consumers produce millions of tons of used and broken electronics. Only a portion of the metals they contain are recycled because ...

In context: The Royal Mint, which has been producing British coins since the Middle Ages, is now adapting to a world where physical money is becoming less essential. In an effort to reinvent itself, ...

The Royal Mint - the UK's official maker of British coins - has unveiled a new factory where it plans to reclaim gold from electronic waste. Every year, millions of tonnes of electronic waste like ...