The chemical elements that make up your smartphone are 'endangered'

The average smartphone is made up of about thirty elements. But, at least half of those elements could be in danger because of increasing scarcity. Now, scientists from the University of St. Andrews have developed a new, unique periodic table that highlights the “90 natural elements that make up everything.” And, the table also focuses on the scarcity and vulnerability of elements that we use in our devices like smartphones and televisions. In the European Union alone, more than ten million...

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