Researchers use plant waste to remove heavy metals from water

Scientists from Singapore and Switzerland find a way to filter out heavy metal ions from contaminated water using proteins made from vegetable oil industry leftovers.

A membrane formed from a waste byproduct of the production of vegetable oil was developed by researchers from Nanyang Te...

Scientists from ETH Zurich and NTU Singapore use protein from plant waste to clean heavy metal water

Professor Ali Miserez from the School of Materials Science & Engineering and the School of Biological Sciences, as well as NTU Visiting Professor Raffaele Mezzenga from the Department of Health Science and Technology at ETHZ, headed the research team that found that proteins made from waste p...

HOKKAIDO VILLAGE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS TO SUBMIT BILL TO BAN NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

Highlights –

• Hokkaido village assembly members to submit a bill to ban nuclear waste disposal.
• Five out of eight assembly members will introduce the bill on Dec.15 at the regular session.
• The bill includes provisions on refusing to al...