At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of e-waste. By using a compound normally found in pool ...

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A new federally funded research project at the University of California, Davis, endeavors to extract valuable components for magnets, lasers and other modern technologies from an unlikely source: ...

Rare earth elements are vital to new technologies and industry but hard to obtain. A new project led by UC Davis and funded by a grant from ARPA-E aims to develop acid-tolerant bacteria that can ...

Seventeen elements of the periodic table have taken on outsize importance because of their use in smartphones, electric vehicles, medical devices, and other technologies. They’re valued for their ...

There’s a lot to consider when choosing what type of vanilla to buy: Should you go with vanilla paste, powder, or extract—maybe even a whole bean, or the lesser-known ground vanilla? Madagascar, ...

When trying to extract a ZIP file, a few users noticed 0x8000FFFF Catastrophic Failure. This vague error typically occurs when the Windows built-in extraction tool ...

A recent bug is preventing Kindle owners from opening new sideloaded books. Amazon has confirmed the issue on its official forums and says a fix is in the works. For now, a useful workaround is to ...

There is a critical bug with the latest version of the Kindle software update. An invalid ASIN message is popping up regularly for unopened e-books that were either sideloaded via USB or delivered to ...