alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoScientists use whey protein sponges to extract gold from computer parts, like motherboards — the process is 50X less expensive than the cost of gold and eco-friendlywww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down14
arrow-up1358arrow-down1external-linkScientists use whey protein sponges to extract gold from computer parts, like motherboards — the process is 50X less expensive than the cost of gold and eco-friendlywww.tomshardware.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThis is a huge win compared to gold mining. Gold mining is using cyanure and caustic soda (in the best case, the worst case is using boiling mercury)
This is a huge win compared to gold mining.
Gold mining is using cyanure and caustic soda (in the best case, the worst case is using boiling mercury)