New non-toxic technology could extract more gold from ore
New method recovers 84% of gold compared to the 64% recovered with traditional methods.
Gold is one of the world’s most popular metals.
Malleable, conductive and...
How flawed diamonds ‘lead’ to flawless quantum networks
The color in a diamond comes from a defect, or “vacancy,” where there is a missing carbon atom in the crystal lattice.
Vacancies have long...
New catalyst could help generate clean energy from waste water
"We have developed a new kind of catalyst that more efficiently generates clean energy from waste water that contains urea," said the University of...
How did the Surfside condo in Florida fail?
Concrete buildings don’t just collapse out of the blue.
Even earthquakes aren’t supposed to bring them down.
So why did the Champlain Towers South building in...
New sensor could detect rare earth element in unexpected locations
Scientists have developed a luminescent sensor that can detect and measure the presence of a rare earth element called terbium.
The element is used in...
Scientists develop longer lasting lithium sulfur batteries with sugar
Simply by adding sugar, researchers from the Monash Energy Institute have created a longer-lasting, lighter, more sustainable rival to the lithium-ion batteries that are...
Common chemicals in paints and plastics can cause breast tumor growth
In a new study from Okayama University in Japan, researchers found common chemicals in paints and plastics can cause breast tumor growth.
Photoinitiators are chemicals...
Scientists find new way to extract lithium from contaminated water
Anyone using a cellphone, laptop or electric vehicle depends on lithium.
The element is in tremendous demand.
And although the supply of lithium around the world...
This accordion-like device could expand 800% and still store energy
Some electronics can bend, twist and stretch in wearable displays, biomedical applications and soft robots.
While these devices’ circuits have become increasingly pliable, the batteries...
We are standing on a quadrillion tons of diamonds
There might be a quadrillion tons of diamonds 100 miles below Earth’s surface.
But the farthest we’ve traveled is 7 miles down, so how could...