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A small brown circuit board sits on a gray background. To its right are a small copper plate, sheets of glass fibers in a crosshatch pattern, small chunks of vitrimer plastic that’s been removed from a circuit board, and a computer chip
Consumer ElectronicsNews

These Recyclable Circuit Boards Could Stem E-Waste

Vitrimer-based PCBs can be broken down into a gel for repeated reuse

3 min read
A pair of photographs show a circular white sponge on flowers, and a vial with a gold material in liquid
Consumer ElectronicsNewsClimate TechClimate Change

Researchers Turn Electronic Garbage Into Gold

A new technique extracts the precious metal from dissolved motherboards

4 min read
A glass cylinder with a bright flash of bright light in the center sits on a dark wood platform.
EnergySemiconductorsNews

Mining Waste for Rare Earth Elements

Flashes of electricity extract valuable metals from old electronics and industrial by-products

3 min read
A prototype dissolvable smartwatch inside a poly(vinyl alcohol) case (top) dissolves in water within 40 hours (bottom)
Consumer ElectronicsNews

The World's First Dissolvable Smartwatch

Could "transient electronics" like this help to solve the global e-waste problem?

2 min read

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