If you take a look inside any gaming PC, especially a fully kitted out desktop, you'll see lots of large electronic circuit boards and many of the interconnects within it contain gold and other ...

The researchers tested this method not just in the lab, but also on piles of real-world electronic waste like computer parts and RAM sticks. They were able to recover high-purity gold from even ...

Your old computer. There’s always been tiny traces of gold (some as thinner than human hair) on the circuit boards. Just rip ’em and melt ’em for a gold nugget.

A novel technique from Cornell University recovers gold from electronic waste, transforming CO2 into valuable chemicals with environmental benefits.

A man in Tulsa accidentally poisoned himself while using mercury to "extract gold from computer parts." See, mercury can be used to dissolve gold from discarded PC boards.

Evotus plans to start a plant in Raleigh, North Carolina, to recover investment-grade gold from e-scrap. The company raised about $1.2 million to build a 15,000-square-foot facility. The center will ...