{
  "id": 12438526,
  "title": "A 2-in-1 approach captures toxic metals and recovers rare earth elements from wastewater",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/a-2-in-1-approach-captures-toxic-metals-and-recovers-rare-earth",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T17:50:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-approach-captures-toxic-metals-recovers.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "We generally throw away a broken camera lens, earphones or an old phone that has stopped working and is beyond repair because they seem useless when they no longer function. However, these objects contain rare earth elements (REEs) that have applications in magnets, superconductivity, optics and batteries, among others. When these objects end up in water, recovering REEs becomes difficult.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "New process helps remove toxins, pick rare earth metals from wastewater",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/new-process-helps-remove-toxins-pick-rare-earth-metals-from-wastewater",
        "published": "2026-10-05T04:35:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}