Scientists have found a way to strip valuable metals out of dead batteries using a solvent built from urine and common acetic acid, turning a waste stream into a surprisingly powerful recycling tool.

Discover how to build a simple electromagnetic motor and generator using everyday materials in this hands-on science ...

BOISE, Idaho — Boise State University students are experimenting in new and innovative ways to recycle plastics while also making plastics of their own. Students in the Material Science and ...

PET is one of the most widely used plastics. In principle, PET molecules can be broken down into their basic building blocks using suitable enzymes. In practice, however, these approaches are ...

Lithium-ion batteries are at the heart of nearly every electric vehicle, laptop and smartphone, and they are essential to storing renewable energy in the face of the climate emergency. But all of the ...

Like cats, magnets for physics experiments can have many lives. In 2015, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory repurposed two MRI magnets as part of a ...

Fifteen years ago, a small group of professionals in the recycling industry noticed something that others missed. At that time, sustainability and waste solutions were just a compliance exercise ...