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Critical metals for electronic components and gadgets jump in price, as China's trade restrictions with the US begin to bite
The Covid pandemic was a stark reminder as to just how fragile the global supply chain is, and now we have a new one to worry over. Two weeks after China applied an export restriction to the US on ...
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Researchers discover method for extracting valuable metal from electronic waste — here's how it works
"Knowing how much gold and other precious metals go into these types of electronic devices, being able to recover them in a way where you can selectively capture the metal you want — in this ...
Royal Mint is chuffed about turning electronic waste into gold jewelry
As the use of cash steeply declines, the Royal Mint is undergoing a vast transformation to avoid becoming obsolete.
China Daily22h
Chinese team creates ultrathin metal films for next-generation electronics
Chinese scientists have recently achieved a breakthrough in the fabrication of single-atom-layer metal materials boasting a ...
Phys.org23d
Electronic fine-tuning unlocks superior hydrogen catalysis performance
Key to this breakthrough is the strong electronic metal-support interaction (EMSI) between Zn and Ru, which optimizes the adsorption energy of critical reaction intermediates. X-ray absorption ...
Science Daily23d
A breakthrough in hydrogen catalysis: Electronic fine-tuning unlocks superior performance
Key to this breakthrough is the strong electronic metal-support interaction (EMSI) between Zn and Ru, which optimizes the adsorption energy of critical reaction intermediates. X-ray absorption ...
Nanowerk23d
A breakthrough in hydrogen catalysis: Electronic fine-tuning unlocks superior performance
(Image: Hao Li et al.) Key to this breakthrough is the strong electronic metal-support interaction (EMSI) between Zn and Ru, which optimizes the adsorption energy of critical reaction intermediates. X ...