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 products from the production of peanut or sunflower oil can effectively attract heavy metal ions.

The ability to cleanse tainted water to the....