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Abbaspourrad explains that about one million used cellphones can produce "something close to 70 to 85 pounds of gold."

But to date, the process has required harmful chemicals like cyanide to filter it out. So, Abbaspourrad and his team at Cornell developed a method they say is more efficient, and which carries less environmental risk. The process uses an organic compound to absorb gold ions like a sponge.


New process for mining electronic waste could be a gold mine

 

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This move goes to show that running Boston really is a celebration of the human spirit.

Runner loses sentimental photo in Boston Marathon, fellow runner returns it

Along with all the race day essentials, runner Michelle Alessandro also packed an original photograph of her Nonna, who she lost to cancer, with a heavenly message on the back. However, when Alessandro reached Mile 26, she noticed the photo of her Nonna wasn't there.

www.wcvb.com

 

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Woman running late to ‘Thomas the Train' event drove 102 mph with child:

State police arrested the driver and charged her with reckless driving, reckless endangerment in the second degree, risk of injury to a minor and failure to stop on right side of road.

She was released on a $500 bond and is set to appear at Middletown Superior Court on May 16.

New York woman caught speeding over 100 mph with child in car on way to 'Thomas the Train' event

The driver told Connecticut police that she was speeding because she was running late to a "Thomas the Train" event.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

 

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• A letter written by a Titanic survivor while onboard the ship has sold for nearly $400,000 at auction
• Antique auctioneer Henry Aldridge & Son called the note from Colonel Archibald Gracie "prophetic" — as he wrote that he would "await my journey's end" before he passed judgment on the "fine ship"
• An estimated 1,500 people died in the Titanic tragedy in April 1912

4/27/2025

'Prophetic' Letter Written by Titanic Passenger Days Before the Ship Sank Sells for Nearly $400,000 at Auction

A letter written by a famous Titanic passenger, just days before the ship sank, has sold for nearly $400,000 at auction.

people.com