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Apsey comes full circle: IChemE immediate past president welcomes new chemical engineers to Exeter, 25 years after graduating
STUDENTS have returned to the University of Exeter – and for the first time in over 25 years, tha...
Samsara Eco unveils commercial textile recycling plant using AI-engineered enzymes
A COMMERCIAL-SCALE plant that will use AI-developed enzymes to recycle waste textiles and plastic...
Coolbrook cracks pyrolysis oil using renewable electricity
RENEWABLE process heat developer Coolbrook has successfully cracked pyrolysis oil made entirely f...
Imperial professor ‘honoured’ to have given Danckwerts Lecture on molecular systems engineering in Lisbon
ICHEME Fellow and Imperial College London professor Claire Adjiman delivered the prestigious Danc...
Australian coal giant to cut 750 Queensland jobs amid row over mining charges
MINING giant BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has announced plans to cut 750 jobs across Queensland ...
Industry
Samsara Eco unveils commercial textile recycling plant using AI-engineered enzymes
A COMMERCIAL-SCALE plant that will use AI-developed enzymes to recycle waste textiles and plastic...
Coolbrook cracks pyrolysis oil using renewable electricity
RENEWABLE process heat developer Coolbrook has successfully cracked pyrolysis oil made entirely f...
Process
Cleantech develop kiln for limestone-based direct air capture
A CARBON removal company based in the US and UK has harnessed the “natural chemistry of limestone...
US and UK companies join forces to develop maritime carbon capture technology
A BREAKTHROUGH shipboard system developed by US firm STAX Engineering and UK climate tech Seaboun...
McVitie’s owner invests £68m to reduce CO2 emissions
SNACK giant Pladis, which owns some of the UK’s most popular food brands, including McVitie’s and...
IChemE
Engineers create conference to advance industrial digitalisation
Ruth Powell talks to the co-chairs of the Advances in the Digitalisation of the Process Industrie...
IChemE creates new home for researchers and innovators
ICHEME has launched a new special interest group (SIG) for engineers involved in research and inn...
Training for emerging technology and new managers
ICHEME has launched training courses for engineers improving safety in emerging industries, as we...
Research & Development
‘Mass-produced cancer vaccine’ a step forward after US mice study
RESEARCHERS in the US have raised hopes for a universal cancer treatment after discovering non-sp...
OSU researchers secure funding to explore white hydrogen in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU) researchers have secured shale-backed funding to investigate the ...
Mars trials gene editing to boost climate resilience in cacao crops
US CONFECTIONARY giant Mars is using novel gene-editing tools to research how to future-proof cac...
Policy
“Abject failure” as plastic treaty collapses
EFFORTS to agree a global treaty to end plastic pollution have once again collapsed – this time i...
UK sets out 300-year nuclear waste strategy
THE UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has relaunched its clean-up strategy for the count...
UK spending review boosts CCS and R&D funding but industry awaits industrial strategy details
CARBON capture and storage (CCS) and research and development (R&D) received fresh funding commit...
Risk & Safety
Inadequate process safety led to Queensland clinker explosion, report finds
AN INVESTIGATION into a generator explosion at a coal-fired power station in Queensland, Australi...
RAE launches global review to guide investment in engineering safety and skills
A NEW data-driven platform assessing engineering skills and capacity across more than 100 regions...
Ocean carbon capture raises concerns over marine stress, say UK scientists
CAPTURING CO2 directly from seawater could negatively impact marine organisms and put them under ...
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