Energy: Coal to Nuclear
Amanda Doyle speaks to Adrian La Porta about replacing coal-fired boilers with nuclear reactors
Features
Energy: Hydrogen from offshore wind
Amanda Doyle speaks to Widya Wahyuni about using wind to power seawater electrolysis
Digitalisation: Integrating it in Education
Jarka Glassey talks to Amanda Doyle about the vital work of CHARMING
Remote tools: Undergraduate labs, under control
Joanne Tanner speaks to Amanda Doyle about lockdown labs and their future
Question Time: Education
Experts from academia and industry discuss the challenges in chemical engineering education and w...
Brine to batteries: lithium extraction technology that’s sustainable and efficient
Amanda Doyle speaks to Teague Egan and Amit Patwardhan of clean technology company EnergyX about ...
IChemE at COP26
IChemE participated in three events at the climate summit
COP26: Discussing the Future
Amanda Doyle reports from the COP26 climate change summit
COP26: The Glasgow Climate Pact
Negotiations lead to new commitments on climate action
Oil and Gas Workers Have Their Say on the Just Transition
Amanda Doyle analyses a survey of oil and gas workers to reveal their thoughts on how the energy ...
Achieving a Just Transition
Amanda Doyle explains why the energy transition must be fair for workers in high carbon industries
Set in Stone
Amanda Doyle speaks to Rahul Shendure about innovations for lower-emissions cement and storing CO...
Producing Hydrogen While Storing CO2 in the Oceans
Mike Kelland and Greg Rau talk to Amanda Doyle about their clean-tech goals
CO2 as a commodity, not waste: turning emissions into cost-competitive chemicals
Etosha Cave, Co-founder of clean technology company Opus 12, speaks about the company's process f...
Harnessing sunlight to convert CO2 to fuels
Amanda Doyle speaks to Solistra Co-founder Alexandra Tavasoli about the company's process that us...
Witness to the Beirut blast
Safety expert Wassim Naddi on Lebanon’s disregard for safety and the need for change.
Book Review: The Chemical Reaction
Fiona Erskine; ISBN: 9781786077578; Point Blank; an imprint of Oneworld; 2020, £14.99
Using wood waste to produce biochemicals: green chemistry for a green future
Amanda Doyle speaks to Florence Gschwend, CEO and Co-founder of Lixea, about the company's new pr...
A Balancing Act: Covid-19 and the Climate
Amanda Doyle looks at how the crisis of coronavirus is impacting the pressing need to go green
Climate Crisis Explainer
Amanda Doyle discusses COP26 and why it is important
Climate crisis explainer: what is COP26 and why is it important?
In November, the 26th UN Conference of Parties (COP) climate summit will take place in Glasgow, U...
New narrative needed for CCS
Obtaining wider support for CCS by emphasising its importance in decarbonising numerous industrie...
Powering the future: the lithium battery that doesn’t get thrown away
Amanda Doyle speaks to Amrit Chandan, CEO of Aceleron, about the company’s battery pack design wh...
Waste to jet fuels project set for take off
Velocys is a company that has developed technology to convert feedstocks such as household waste ...
Capturing CO2 with C-Capture
C-Capture started as a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leeds, UK i...
First shipment from Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility
The first shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) has sailed from Shell’s Prelude floating LNG (F...
Prime Minister tours Imperial's carbon capture pilot plant
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May visited Imperial College London’s carbon capture pilot plant al...
Discussions on safety
IChemE’s annual Hazards conference was held from 22–24 May in Birmingham, UK. More than 350 peopl...
Testing the Metal
Amanda Doyle visits SaMI to learn about the next steps for steel research
The Chemical Detective
Amanda Doyle meets Fiona Erskine to discuss her explosive thriller
Monodispersion at Scale
Micropore Technologies, a specialist engineering company, has successfully scaled up membrane tec...
118 elements in 200,000 knots
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mendeleev’s periodic table, biochemistry graduate Jane Stew...
Water for the pharmaceutical industry
IChemE’s Water Special Interest Group (SIG) celebrated 30 years of existence at its Water for the...
Carbon Capture and Storage: Are We There Yet?
Amanda Doyle travels to Norway on a CCS safari
Applying chemical engineering in the construction industry
Bryden Wood is a technology and design company that designs residential, commercial, and process ...
Dame Judith Hackitt and Erin Johnson talk fire safety
Chemical engineers are well suited to assessing fire safety by applying systems thinking and a ri...
Process pioneer: Rodney Allam discusses the development of his CCS technology
As testing begins in Texas, Allam shares his thoughts on building emissions-free natural gas plan...
Under One Roof
The University of Cambridge’s new chemical engineering and biotechnology building is open for b...
Lessons in Safety
Effective communication a key theme as experts gather to discuss safety
Lego makes plants from plants
LEGO has announced that plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane will be used in pieces such as...
News
Carbon Collect unveils first mechanical tree
CARBON Collect has unveiled its first “mechanical tree” for direct air capture at Arizona State U...
‘Concrete Chemicals’ consortium to produce sustainable aviation fuel
CEMEX, Sasol, and ENERTRAG have set up the Concrete Chemicals consortium to produce sustainable a...
Wood gets contract for green ammonia facility
WOOD has announced that it will provide conceptual engineering for a large-scale green hydrogen p...
BioNTech and Matinas collaborate on mRNA vaccines
BIONTECH has signed a collaboration agreement with Matinas BioPharma to advance formulations for ...
AkzoNobel and Microsoft work to fast-track development of new paints and coatings
AKZONOBEL has entered a collaboration with Microsoft to explore how quantum computing can fast-tr...
RWE to invest €1.5bn in Irish renewables
RWE Ireland has announced plans to invest up to €1.5bn (US$1.6bn) in onshore wind, offshore wind,...
Shell and Uniper plan blue hydrogen facility in UK
SHELL and Uniper have signed an agreement for a blue hydrogen production facility in in North Lin...
Veolia to produce biomethanol using pulp mill feedstock
VEOLIA has announced plans for a biorefinery in Finland that will produce biomethanol using feeds...
Collaboration to advance ship-based carbon capture
AN international collaboration has been granted €3.4m (US$3.7m) in EU funding to accelerate the u...
Industrial-scale green hydrogen and ammonia facility planned in Queensland
ORICA and H2U have announced a strategic partnership to explore opportunities for an industrial-s...
ExxonMobil assesses carbon storage project off Australian coast
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it is assessing the possibility of a carbon capture and storage (CC...
Johnson Matthey receives £400m loan for sustainable technology development
JOHNSON Matthey has received a £400m (US$521m) loan backed by the UK Government to boost the comp...
UK Energy Security Strategy deemed ‘a missed opportunity’
THE UK Government has released its much-delayed Energy Security Strategy, which improves long-ter...
Now or never: emissions need to peak by 2025 says IPCC
IN its latest report, the IPCC has warned that emissions must peak by 2025 and halve by 2030 if t...
UK urged to accelerate CCS plans; and concerns raised about burning biomass
A CARBON capture trade association and a cross-party committee of MPs have called on the UK Gover...
Partners enter carbon capture and utilisation collaboration
WOODSIDE, LanzaTech, and ReCarbon have announced that they are collaborating on a carbon capture ...
Solvay plans to split into two independent companies
SOLVAY has announced that it is reviewing plans to split into two independently-traded companies,...
BP and Aberdeen enter joint venture for green hydrogen hub
BP and Aberdeen City Council have entered a joint venture to develop a hydrogen hub in the Scotti...
Shelling causes ammonia leak at Ukraine facility
RUSSIAN shelling in northern Ukraine has led to an ammonia leak at a chemical facility, with near...
ExxonMobil plans new hydrogen and CCS facility
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it is planning a hydrogen production plant and carbon capture and s...
Australian and South Korean partners sign MoU for CCS development
SANTOS has signed a memorandum of understanding with SK E&S, K-CCUS Association, CO2CRC, and Kore...
Chevron to acquire Renewable Energy Group
CHEVRON is buying biorefinery owner Renewable Energy Group (REG) in a US$3.15bn deal.
IPCC calls for stronger adaptation to worsening climate hazards
THE IPCC has said that human-caused climate change is already resulting in detrimental effects on...
CCC responds to proposed assessment of new North Sea oil and gas
THE Climate Change Committee (CCC) has responded to the UK Government’s consultation on the propo...
BP divests its stake in Rosneft
BP HAS announced that it will divest its stake in Russian state oil company Rosneft, following Ru...
Converting methane directly into useful chemicals
RESEARCHERS have demonstrated that a gold catalyst can be used to convert methane directly into m...
BioNTech develops modular mRNA manufacturing facilities for Africa
BIONTECH has announced that it is introducing modular and scalable mRNA manufacturing facilities ...
Linde enters hydrogen agreement with BASF
LINDE has entered into an agreement with BASF for the supply of hydrogen to a BASF manufacturing ...
UK’s shale gas wells to be plugged
THE Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has ordered that the UK’s only shale gas wells must now be sealed.
Essar to install hydrogen furnace at Stanlow refinery
ESSAR Oil has announced plans for a £45m (US$54m) hydrogen furnace at Stanlow refinery, Ellesmere...
Australian rare earths mine gains backing of Government
THE Australian Government has backed the Yangibana rare earths mine in the Gascoyne region of Wes...
Project for biomanufacturing with carbon capture gets £1.3m in funding
A PROJECT that aims to be the UK’s first-of-a-kind zero carbon loss biomanufacturing system has b...
UK Government supports new nuclear with £100m
THE UK Government has invested £100m (US$135m) in the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant, wi...
LG Chem to build plastic recycling facility in South Korea
LG CHEM has invested in Mura Technology’s plastic recycling process, and has also announced that ...
BP and Oman partner on renewable energy and hydrogen
BP has formed a strategic partnership with Oman for a ‘multiple gigawatt’ renewable energy and hy...
Equinor submits plans for Humber hydrogen facility
EQUINOR has submitted plans for its proposed Humber hydrogen production facility to the UK Govern...
Victorian Government provides funding for renewable hydrogen
THE Victorian Government in Australia has announced more than A$7m (US$5m) in funding for the sta...
One killed and one critically injured after explosion at facility in Illinois, US
AN explosion occurred at a facility that manufactures building materials on 21 January, killing o...
Partners sign commercial agreement for green fertiliser
YARA and Lantmännen have signed a commercial agreement to produce fossil-free fertilisers.
Rapid test identifies Covid-19 antibodies
A RAPID test has been developed which can detect Covid-19 antibodies within ten minutes and doesn...
Chemical engineers feature in second season of engineering safety programme
SIX chemical engineers have featured as experts in the second series of Disasters Engineered.
Sustainable method for recovering neodymium from electronic waste
A NEW method has been developed to remove neodymium from electronic waste using cellulose, which ...
IChemE produces programme with ITN Productions Industry News
ICHEME has partnered with ITN Productions Industry News to produce a programme called Serving Soc...
Ineos joins NEXTLOOPP polypropylene recycling project
INEOS Olefins and Polymers (O&P) has announced that it is joining the NEXTLOOPP project, which is...
Scottish Government invests in carbon capture cluster
THE Scottish Government has provided £80m (US$109m) in investment for the Scottish Cluster carbon...
Thyssenkrupp to install green hydrogen facility for Shell
THYSSENKRUPP has signed a contract with Shell to supply a 200 MW green hydrogen facility in the p...
Demo nuclear reactor connected to grid in China
A NEW nuclear reactor at the Shidaowan nuclear power plant in China has been connected to the gri...
Rolls-Royce SMR business now fully funded
ROLLS-ROYCE has announced that it has received £85m (US$115m) of investment for its small modular...
Steel industry gathers to discuss sustainability
INDUSTRY workers and researchers from across the steel sector gathered for the virtual bi-annual ...
IChemE celebrates 100 years
ICHEME is celebrating its centenary with a programme of activities throughout 2022 to honour the ...
Wood secures contract with Saudi Aramco
WOOD has secured a new front end engineering design (FEED) contract with Saudi Aramco to deliver ...
Plans for green hydrogen plant in Ireland
MERCURY Renewables has announced plans for a €200m (US$226m) green hydrogen facility in Mayo, Ire...
Ashok Kumar Fellowship awarded to Sheffield PhD student
THIS year’s Ashok Kumar Fellowship has been awarded to Amber Keegan, a PhD student in chemical en...
OGA announces winners of offshore electrification competition
THE UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded three projects a share of £1m (US$1.3m) for the ad...
Plans for Cambo oilfield development put on hold
FOLLOWING Shell’s decision to pull out of the controversial Cambo oilfield last week, developer S...
UK to launch consultation on chemicals policy
THE UK Government has said that it will launch a consultation next year on the UK REACH chemicals...
Shell pulls out of Cambo oilfield
SHELL has pulled out of the Cambo oilfield project, saying that the economic case for investment ...
Hydrogen UK makes recommendations to accelerate hydrogen deployment
HYDROGEN UK is calling on the Government to ramp up support for the hydrogen industry in order to...
Ineos FPS uses AI to reduce emissions
INEOS Forties Pipeline System (FPS) has deployed AI technology to enable it to further reduce emi...
UK provides funding for distilleries to reduce emissions
THE UK Government has announced £11.3m (US$15.1m) in funding for distilleries to help them cut em...
AstraZeneca opens new R&D facility
ASTRAZENECA has opened a new £1bn (US$1.3bn) R&D facility in Cambridge, UK.
BP announces new green hydrogen plans for Teesside
BP has announced plans for a large-scale green hydrogen facility known as HyGreen Teesside.
Johnson & Johnson to focus on pharmaceuticals
JOHNSON & Johnson has announced that it plans to separate its Consumer Health business, leaving t...
COP26 summit closes with compromises made on climate deal
Negotiators finally agreed on the Glasgow Climate Pact late on Saturday evening, with a compromis...
COP26 Latest
Follow our latest news coverage during the crucial UN climate conference in Glasgow
UK’s green jobs skills gap needs to be addressed, says report
A REPORT from the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has expressed disappointment at the U...
World still on track for 2.7C of warming, UN report warns
THE UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released its annual Emissions Gap Report, saying that cur...
Australia releases ‘technology-driven’ plan for net zero
THE Australian Government has announced a target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 via “technol...
Saudi Arabia pledges to be net zero by 2060
SAUDI Arabia – one of the world’s largest oil producers – has committed to net zero emissions by ...
Capturing and converting CO2 simultaneously
RESEARCHERS have developed a new form of carbon capture technology which simultaneously captures ...
UK Government releases long-awaited net zero strategy
THE UK Government has outlined how it plans to reach net zero by 2050 in its Net Zero Strategy. T...
Renewables – not fossil fuels – are strongest link in the energy supply chain, new study finds
RESEARCHERS have developed a method to thoroughly assess the risks associated with fuel supply ch...
Carbon Clean captures CO2 from Tata Steel blast furnace
CARBON Clean has installed a carbon capture plant at a blast furnace owned by Tata Steel in India.
Briar Chemicals fined £1m following fatal accident
BRIAR Chemicals has been fined £1m (US$1.4m) following the death of a contractor at its site in N...
Clean Cells to build new production facility
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL company Clean Cells has invested €13m (US$15.3m) in a new production facility i...
LG Chem and TK Chemical sign MoU for biodegradable plastics
LG Chem and TK Chemical have announced a memorandum of understanding to produce biodegradable pla...
AstraZeneca to build manufacturing facility in Ireland
ASTRAZENECA has announced that it is planning to build a new active pharmaceutical ingredient (AP...
ARENA releases investment plan for low-emissions technologies
THE Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched an investment plan setting out how it...
BOC becomes Bronze Corporate Partner
BOC HAS been awarded IChemE Bronze Corporate Partner Award status, in recognition of its professi...
Ineos announces investment for hydrogen upgrade at Grangemouth
INEOS has announced plans to invest more than £1bn (US$1.4bn) towards reducing emissions at its s...
Shell to build biofuel facility in the Netherlands
SHELL plans to build an 820,000 t/y biofuels facility in the Netherlands, which it claims will be...
Shell sells Permian business to ConocoPhillips
SHELL has announced the sale of its Permian assets to ConocoPhillips for US$9.5bn.
Climeworks starts up industrial-scale direct air capture facility
CLIMEWORKS has started operations at the world’s largest direct air capture and CO2 storage facil...
Successful UK trial blends hydrogen in gas network
HYDEPLOY has announced the first successful UK trial of blending hydrogen into the gas network.
IAEA reviews Fukushima water release
OFFICIALS from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have visited Japan to review the pla...
Partnership to produce polypropylene from CO2
BIOTECHNOLOGY company LanzaTech and clean technology company Twelve – formerly Opus 12 – have joi...
UK funds projects to boost production of biomass
THE UK Government has awarded £4m (US$5.5m) across 24 projects to increase biomass production tha...
Glencore and Britishvolt enter long-term supply agreement
GLENCORE and Britishvolt have signed an agreement for the mining company to supply responsibly-so...
Linde signs green hydrogen deal with semiconductor company
LINDE has signed an agreement to supply green hydrogen to semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Tec...
Trial successfully produces glass using hydrogen power
A TRIAL has shown that a glass furnace can successfully be powered with hydrogen instead of natur...
Partnership to convert landfill waste into hydrogen for transport
RENEWABLE fuels company Raven SR has entered into an agreement with a Republic Services sanitary ...
Fire at Leamington Spa plastics facility
A FIRE and subsequent explosions occurred at a plastics facility in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire,...
Scotland launches green jobs advice service
THE Scottish Government has launched a workforce academy with the aim of offering advice to worke...
Five dead and two missing after fire on Pemex offshore oil platform
A FIRE at a Pemex offshore oil platform has resulted in the deaths of five workers, with two stil...
Collaboration plans carbon capture facility in India
CARBON Clean and Green Power International (GPIPL) have been selected to design and build a carbo...
Australian aluminium smelter aims to switch to renewables
TOMAGO Aluminium, Australia’s largest aluminium smelter, is aiming to operate on 100% renewable e...
Consortium to develop solid-state battery technology
SEVEN UK-based organisations including Johnson Matthey have signed a memorandum of understanding ...
Green transition loan awarded to Wood
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has awarded the first ever green transition loan – worth £430m (US$585m)...
UK Government launches its hydrogen strategy
THE UK Government has released its long-awaited strategy on hydrogen, which details its plans to ...
IPCC climate change report signals ‘code red for humanity’
THE frequency and intensity of extreme weather events associated with human-caused climate change...
New catalyst makes propylene production more efficient
A SINGLE-atom catalyst has been developed that that can lower the carbon footprint of propylene p...
IChemE launches new carbon capture journal
ICHEME has launched a new journal covering all aspects of carbon capture research which is the fi...
Sanofi to buy Translate Bio to advance mRNA therapeutics
SANOFI will acquire its partner Translate Bio in a US$3.2bn deal to further develop mRNA vaccines...
Partnership to capture and reuse CO2 in steel production
ARCELORMITTAL and Sekisui Chemical have entered a partnership to capture CO2 from the steelmaking...
Finalists announced for IChemE Malaysia Awards
ICHEME has announced the 32 finalists for the Malaysia Awards 2021.
Climate-related incidents need to be accounted for in process safety
ENVIRONMENTAL and scientific advisory groups have called on the US Environmental Protection Agenc...
IChemE launches new digitalisation journal
ICHEME has launched a new journal to publish new interdisciplinary research across chemical engin...
Large-scale green fuels hub planned for Western Australia
AN international consortium has announced plans to build a large-scale green fuels project in Wes...
Partnership to produce Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in South Africa
PFIZER and BioNTech have signed a letter of intent with South African biopharmaceutical company B...
Humber and Teesside form East Coast Cluster
THE Humber and Teesside industrial clusters have formed the East Coast Cluster, a collaboration t...
Engineers’ report says proper building ventilation crucial to control Covid
THE Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), along with partners including IChemE, have released a r...
COP26 programme announced
THE COP26 Presidency Programme has been announced and will focus on different themes each day, ra...
UK confirms plans to end coal power for electricity in 2024
THE UK Government has brought forward its deadline to end the use of coal for electricity by a ye...
Fire at Thailand chemicals facility
AN EXPLOSION and fire at a chemicals facility in Bangkok has killed one person and injured more t...
Deal made for decommissioning seven UK nuclear reactors
AN AGREEMENT has been made between the UK Government and EDF for the safe and efficient decommiss...
LEGO makes bricks from recycled plastic bottles
THE LEGO Group has developed a prototype LEGO brick using PET from recycled plastic bottles.
Report makes recommendations on how to utilise nuclear in UK net zero strategy
A SENIOR leadership team at The University of Manchester’s Dalton Nuclear Institute has released ...
Pilot project develops process to recycle single-use face masks
A COLLABORATION between research and industry is developing a closed loop process where single-us...
Report says UK falling behind EU in clean steel development
A REPORT by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that UK clean steel develop...
Dow to build new MDI facility in Texas
DOW has announced that it will build a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) facility in Texa...
Waste-to-methanol facility to be constructed at Port of Amsterdam
GIDARA Energy has announced that it will construct an advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam tha...
Explosion at Illinois lubricants facility
AN explosion occurred at a facility in Rockton, Illinois, US, on 14 June. The subsequent fire has...
Peel NRE plans second plastic-to-hydrogen facility in UK
PEEL NRE has announced plans to develop a waste plastic to hydrogen facility in West Dunbartonshi...
CSB releases final report on hydrogen sulfide release at Texas waterflood station
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its final report on the 2019 hydrogen sulfide rel...
Total rebrands to TotalEnergies
TOTAL has changed its name to TotalEnergies, to reflect its transformation from an oil and gas ma...
Cimarex and Cabot form US$17bn company
CIMAREX Energy and Cabot Oil & Gas have announced that they will combine, in an all-stock merger ...
Using a sponge made of pollen to soak up oil from contaminated water
A POLLEN-BASED sponge has been developed as a more environmentally friendly way of soaking up oil...
CarbonBuilt’s commercial project to accelerate through purchase agreement
CARBONBUILT has announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement with financial services a...
Innova to manufacture rapid Covid-19 tests in UK
INNOVA Medical Group has announced plans to manufacture its rapid Covid-19 tests in the UK throug...
Grace expands manufacturing facility in Malaysia
SPECIALITY chemicals company Grace has completed the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Kuan...
Singapore partners to assess ammonia as marine fuel
A MEMORANDUM of understanding has been signed by a group of partners for a development study on t...
Innovation challenge launched to decarbonise cement and concrete industry
THE Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched a programme to help accelerate low...
Biorefining company gets funding boost for scaleup
LIXEA has received a grant of €2m (US$2.4m) from the European Innovation Council Fund to support ...
London Science Museum opens carbon capture exhibition
THE Science Museum in London, UK, has launched an exhibition today showcasing carbon capture tech...
Cross-sector group create Scottish Cluster to support low carbon economy
A CROSS-SECTOR group of Scottish industrial CO2 emitters, along with the Acorn CCS and Hydrogen p...
McDermott awarded contract for plastics recycling project
MCDERMOTT has announced that it has been awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract f...
BioNTech announces new facility in Singapore
BIONTECH has announced that it will build an mRNA manufacturing facility in Singapore as well as ...
Carbon Clean supplies carbon capture technology to three more industrial facilities
CARBON Clean has announced three new agreements with power-to-fuels, cement, and hydrogen product...
Lonza and Moderna enter agreement to increase vaccine production
LONZA has entered a new agreement with Moderna to double production for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccin...
Shell to trial hydrogen fuel cells for Singapore ships
SHELL has entered a collaboration which will trial the use of hydrogen fuel cells on ships in Sin...
Safer and more efficient alkylation process now at commercial scale
CHEVRON and Honeywell have started commercial operation of a new alkylation process using an ioni...
Air Products acquires full ownership of China gasification joint venture
AIR Products has announced that it has acquired the remaining 50% stake in a gasification joint v...
World leaders announce new commitments at climate summit
US President Joe Biden hosted a climate summit on Earth Day, where some world leaders announced n...
New steel manufacturing process could lower emissions in car industry
ENGINEERS have developed a new method of steel manufacturing to produce strong, lightweight steel...
Turning food waste into aviation fuel
A BIOREFINING process that converts wet waste – including food waste and wastewater sludge – into...
UK sets target to cut emissions by 78% by 2035
THE UK has set a new legally-binding target of cutting emissions by 78% from 1990 levels by 2035,...
Regulator stops Tepco nuclear plant restart over security issues
TEPCO has been prevented from restarting units at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata...
Candidates announced for IChemE elections
ICHEME has announced the candidates running for available positions on the IChemE Board of Truste...
Sanofi invests in new vaccine production facility in Singapore
SANOFI is investing €400m (US$479m) over five years to build a new vaccine production facility in...
Wood and NEL Hydrogen to work on green hydrogen projects
WOOD and NEL Hydrogen have signed an agreement to support the delivery of large-scale green hydro...
Fire occurs at oil refinery in Mexico
A FIRE broke out at the Lazaro Cardenas oil refinery in Minatitlan, Mexico, resulting in seven pe...
Wood strengthens its commitments to sustainability
WOOD has announced a decade of action with new goals to improve lives, reduce impact on the plane...
BASF sets target for net zero emissions by 2050
BASF has raised its climate goals and now aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Australian Government announces recycling and clean energy fund
THE Australian Government has announced that funding is now available for recycling and clean ene...
Eni starts production at new biorefinery
ENI’s new biomass treatment unit (BTU) has begun production at its site in Gela, Italy.
INEOS Energy sells its Norwegian oil and gas business
INEOS Energy has announced that it is selling its oil and gas business in Norway to PGNiG Upstrea...
Oil and gas industry agrees transition deal with UK Government
THE UK oil and gas industry has come to an agreement with the UK government over how the industry...
Strategy for decarbonising industry released by UK Government
THE UK Government has released its Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, outlining its plans to re...
Partnership aims to permanently store CO2 captured from the air
CLIMEWORKS and Northern Lights have agreed to explore the possibility of capturing CO2 using dire...
UNESCO report highlights importance of engineering for sustainability goals
THE second UNESCO Engineering Report, Engineering for Sustainable Development: Delivering on the ...
UK Government criticised for inconsistency on green policies
DESPITE some new announcements for funding for green industrial projects, the UK Government has b...
Concerns over stockpile of hazardous waste at New Zealand aluminium smelter
CONCERNS have been raised over a stockpile of hazardous waste at Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point aluminiu...
IChemE Safety Centre holds webinar to mark International Women’s Day
THE IChemE Safety Centre (ISC) held a webinar on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Safety to m...
Former IChemE President’s donation will help promote sustainability
FORMER IChemE President Ian Shott has announced a £200,000 (US$279,000) donation to IChemE to be ...
UK to introduce petrol with 10% bioethanol
E10 fuel – petrol blended with 10% bioethanol – is set to be introduced in the UK in September.
Johnson & Johnson to collaborate with Merck to increase vaccine production
MERCK will produce Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines in a collaboration that the Biden administ...
UK launches new high-risk research funding agency
THE UK Government has launched a new scientific research agency to fund high-risk, high-reward re...
Drax scraps plan for new gas-fired power plant
DRAX has decided to abandon a controversial plan to build Europe’s biggest gas-fired power plant,...
Equinor and Engie announce hydrogen partnership
EQUINOR and Engie have announced a partnership for the development of low-carbon hydrogen.
CEMEX receives funding to develop carbon capture in cement industry
CEMEX has been awarded a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a pilot carbon c...
Rio Tinto launches sustainability label for aluminium industry
RIO Tinto has launched a sustainability label that will ensure transparency and traceability for ...
Velocys signs agreement for commercial-scale biomass-to-jet fuel in Japan
VELOCYS has signed a collaboration agreement with Toyo Engineering to produce renewable fuels in ...
New hydrogen hub in Australia gets funding
SWINBURNE University of Technology in Australia has received A$10m (US$7.8m) from the Victorian G...
BioNTech secures deals for lipids needed in vaccine
BIONTECH has partnered with Merck and Evonik to expand lipid production for its Covid-19 vaccine.
BP and Rosneft to collaborate on sustainability goals
BP and Rosneft have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to focus on their carbon managemen...
AstraZeneca plans to expand European vaccine manufacturing
ASTRAZENECA has signed a deal with IDT Biologika to explore options to accelerate manufacturing o...
IChemE releases special issue of LPB to mark Fukushima anniversary
ICHEME has released a special edition of Loss Prevention Bulletin (LPB) to mark the tenth anniver...
Australia plans network of hydrogen clusters
A NETWORK of hydrogen technology clusters is to be established across Australia with the aim of c...
Survey finds UK engineering companies lack skills to meet net zero target
A SURVEY by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has found that 93% of engineering...
CureVac expands vaccine manufacturing with Bayer and GSK
CUREVAC, which is developing an mRNA vaccine for Covid-19, will boost its manufacturing capacity ...
New bacterium can improve wastewater treatment
A NEWLY-discovered bacterium strain could be used to remove nitrogen and phosphorous from sewage ...
Valneva starts manufacturing Covid-19 vaccine
VALNEVA has announced that it has started manufacturing its Covid-19 vaccine as clinical trials a...
Linde to build 24 MW electrolyser for green hydrogen
LINDE has announced that it will build a new 24 MW electrolyser for the production of green hydro...
UK Government aims to increase production of rapid Covid-19 tests
THE UK Government has commissioned PA Consulting to develop plans to scale up manufacturing of la...
Chevron invests in carbon capture startup
CHEVRON is investing in Blue Planet, a startup that captures CO2 and uses it to develop carbonate...
Competition launched to encourage innovative ideas in water industry
A COMPETITION has been launched in England and Wales to seek innovative responses to challenges i...
US court blocks rollback of power plant emissions rule
A US court has vacated a rule brought in by the Trump administration that relaxed regulations on ...
US rejoins Paris Agreement
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order for the country to rejoin the Paris Agreemen...
Shell withdraws from UK sustainable aviation fuels project
SHELL has withdrawn from a collaboration with Velocys and British Airways to develop the commerci...
Total leaves the American Petroleum Institute
TOTAL has become the first oil major to leave the American Petroleum Institute (API), a trade ass...
Recovering precious metals from industrial waste
AN inexpensive, non-toxic method has been developed to recover silver and palladium from industri...
BioNTech increases Covid-19 vaccine production target to 2bn for 2021
BIONTECH has said that it aims to produce 2bn doses of its vaccine this year through increased ma...
Lowering emissions from ammonia production with electrolysis
A NEW method to produce ammonia via electrolysis can improve the process while also lowering emis...
Veolia opens new wood waste processing facility
VEOLIA has announced that it has expanded its wood recycling and processing capacity by 50,000 t/...
Six UK projects get share of funding for industrial decarbonisation
THE UK Government has awarded a share of £8m (US$11m) to six regional projects to develop ways to...
UK releases plan on net zero transition
THE UK Government has released its long-awaited Energy White Paper on how the country’s energy sy...
Numerous countries update climate pledges at summit
THE Climate Ambition Summit was held on 12 December to mark five years since the Paris Agreement,...
CCC releases detailed plan to reach UK net zero target
THE Climate Change Committee (CCC), an independent body that advises the UK Government on climate...
Lebanon Prime Minister charged with negligence over Beirut explosion
AN investigating prosecutor has charged Lebanon’s acting Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three for...
Denmark to end oil and gas production
THE Danish Government has agreed to end all oil and gas exploration and extraction in the North S...
Fire at Texas oil storage tank injures seven
SEVEN contractors were injured after a fire and explosion occurred at a crude oil storage tank in...
LyondellBasell and SUEZ joint venture expands plastic recycling capacity
LYONDELLBASELL and SUEZ have jointly acquired plastics recycling company TIVACO, which will becom...
UK strengthens 2030 climate goals
THE UK Government has announced that it intends to cut emissions by 68% from 1990 levels by 2030,...
Assessing the feasibility of carbon capture in the glass industry
C-CAPTURE has announced that it will work alongside glass manufacturer Pilkington to assess the p...
New council to upskill Shell employees in Singapore
SHELL has partnered with the Singapore Shell Employees’ Union (SSEU) to set up a council focussed...
Water UK unveils plan to reach 2030 net zero target
FOLLOWING its announcement earlier this year that it was setting a target to be net zero by 2030,...
Partnership forms Australia’s first biomethane-to-gas project
ENERGY infrastructure company Jemena has entered a partnership with Sydney Water to inject biomet...
Project to convert medical waste into hydrogen fuel gets funding from Welsh Government
A PROCESS being developed by researchers in the UK and India to convert medical waste – such as P...
UK announces funding for five new circular economy R&D centres
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced £22.5m (US$29.9m) in funding for five new circula...
Micropore Technologies partners with South Korean pharmaceutical company
MICROPORE Technologies has announced a licence agreement for its membrane technology with South K...
Swansea University and Tata Steel assess use of waste heat from steel industry
A PROJECT between Swansea University, UK, and Tata Steel will assess if a thermochemical heat sto...
IChemE welcomes vaccine announcement but calls for engineering focus
ICHEME’s Covid-19 Response Team has welcomed the early results on the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-1...
Ineos launches new clean hydrogen business
INEOS has launched a new clean hydrogen business to develop capacity for clean hydrogen across Eu...
CSB releases update on TPC explosion
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its factual update on the explosion that took pla...
Swedish refinery to convert to produce renewable fuels
PREEM’s refinery in Lysekil, Sweden, will be converted to produce renewable fuels.
BP to halt production at Kwinana Refinery
BP will stop fuel production at its Kwinana Refinery in Western Australia and convert it to an im...
Shell and Linde collaborate on low-carbon ethylene
SHELL and Linde have agreed to collaborate to commercialise low-carbon technology for the product...
WSP to advise on HyNet North West
CONSULTANCY WSP has been appointed as an advisory service for HyNet North West’s CO2 pipeline.
Australia and Singapore partner on low emissions technologies
THE Australian and Singaporean governments have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance c...
Four proposed UK plastic recycling facilities receive funding
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has invested £20m (US$26m) in four proposed plastic recycling p...
New partnership to develop CO2 storage infrastructure in North Sea
BP, Eni, Equinor, National Grid, Shell and Total have formed the Northern Endurance Partnership (...
Australian Government backs renewable energy hub
THE Australian Government has backed a green hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Western ...
Monolith Materials to build carbon-free ammonia plant
CLEAN technology company Monolith Materials plans to build a large-scale carbon-free ammonia plan...
EU introduces new chemicals strategy
THE European Commission has unveiled its new chemicals strategy which aims to make chemicals prod...
LSBU encourages black and minority women to consider engineering
LONDON South Bank University (LSBU), UK, is today hosting an event which aims to inspire the next...
New produced water recycling facility constructed in Permian Basin
BREAKWATER Energy Partners, which supplies water supply chain solutions to oilfields, has announc...
Prince William launches £50m Earthshot Prize for environmental solutions
PRINCE William has launched the Earthshot Prize, which offers £50m (US$65m) in funding for soluti...
Criminal charges dropped against Arkema for chemical plant fire
A US court has dismissed charges against Arkema relating to the peroxide fire and harmful emissio...
New recycling facility in Europe will recycle plastic repeatedly
TECHNOLOGY company Loop Industries and environmental services company SUEZ have announced that th...
Worley awarded contract for Drax BECCS power station
WORLEY has been awarded an early front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) contract for Drax’s ...
Shell to cut up to 9,000 jobs
SHELL will cut 7,000 – 9,000 jobs as the company is reorganised to transition to a lower-carbon b...
Norwegian Government funds full-scale CCS project
THE Norwegian Government has committed 16.8bn NOK (US$1.8bn) to the full-scale carbon capture and...
Create the Trophy competition launched for Queen Elizabeth Prize
THE Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation (QEPrize) has launched its Create the Trophy...
China pledges to be carbon neutral before 2060
IN what has been called a surprise announcement by multiple media outlets, Xi Jinping, President ...
Wood secures Equinor contract
WOOD has secured a US$42m contract from Equinor to provide engineering, procurement, construction...
Malaysia speciality chemicals deal
PETRONAS Chemicals Group (PCG) and German chemicals and energy company PCC have signed a shares s...
Transition to low-carbon world needs to be faster, says DNV GL report
ENERGY-RELATED CO2 emissions have peaked due to the pandemic, but the world is still on track to ...
Explosion occurs at Florida chemical facility
AN explosion occurred at a chemical facility in Florida, US, on 8 September in a storage area for...
Another fire breaks out at Beirut port
A FIRE has broken out at a warehouse in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, just over a month after an a...
UK REACH chemicals registration deadline extended
THE UK Government has extended the deadline for UK chemicals companies to register their products...
Partnership creates alcohol-free sanitisers
A PARTNERSHIP between researchers at Aston University, UK, and EcoMotive has developed alcohol-fr...
Carbon Engineering signs agreement for commercial-scale direct air capture facility
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and private equity firm Rusheen Capital Management have formed a developm...
Fire at Louisiana chemical plant following damage from Hurricane Laura
A CHEMICAL plant in Louisiana, US, caught fire after damage from Hurricane Laura caused a chlorin...
Lack of UK hydrogen strategy is holding back industry
CONCERNS have been raised by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) that the lack of a clear hyd...
IChemE announces finalists for Malaysia Awards
ICHEME has announced 31 finalists in eight categories for its virtual Malaysia Awards.
IChemE launches Knowledge Hub
ICHEME has launched its Knowledge Hub, which is a virtual library of thousands of resources for p...
EnergyX partners with ProfMOF to improve lithium extraction technology
ENERGY Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) has announced a partnership with ProfMOF to further enh...
IChemE gives approval to level 3 diploma
ICHEME has approved the Bulk Storage Operator Technician level 3 diploma of high hazards training...
BP reveals strategy to reach net zero
FOLLOWING its announcement in February to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, BP has rev...
Ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut kills at least 135 people
AN explosion at a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate in Beirut, Lebanon, has killed at least 135 ...
Rio Tinto to close New Zealand aluminium smelter
RIO Tinto has announced that it is winding down operations at its Tiwai Point aluminium smelter i...
Air Products and Thyssenkrupp sign agreement for green hydrogen production
AIR Products and Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers have signed a strategic cooperation agreeme...
Nouryon builds new hydroperoxide plant in China
NOURYON has announced that it will construct a hydroperoxide manufacturing facility at its site i...
CRI successfully demonstrates chemical storage with renewable methanol
CARBON Recycling International (CRI) has successfully shown that its renewable methanol can be us...
Ineos launches new healthcare business
INEOS has launched Ineos Hygienics as part of its pandemic response to produce hand gel and sanit...
Sustainable battery company gets £2m funding to scale up production
ACELERON has announced that it has received £2m (US$2.6m) in equity investment which will allow i...
Report says nuclear vital for UK net zero plans
THE UK’s Energy Systems Catapult, an independent centre designed to accelerate the UK’s clean ene...
UK announces £350m funding boost for green recovery
THE UK Government has announced £350m (US$445m) in funding for a green recovery from the Covid-19...
Covid-19 antibody test gives results in 20 minutes
A BLOOD test has been developed by researchers in Australia which can detect Covid-19 antibodies ...
New catalyst for creating syngas from waste CO2
A CATALYST produced via flame spray pyrolysis can be used to turn waste CO2 into syngas for use i...
Norway’s full-scale CCS project backed by European regulator
THE European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Surveillance Authority has approved the Norwegian full...
Saudi Aramco reorganises downstream business
SAUDI Aramco has announced that it is reorganising its downstream business as part of plans to en...
Ineos Styrolution reports polystyrene can be successfully recycled
INEOS Styrolution has reported the final results of research project ResolVe, showing that waste ...
Clariant and Ineratec announce renewable fuels partnership
CLARIANT and Ineratec have entered a partnership to use Clariant’s catalysis experience to suppor...
Collaboration looks at powering Singapore data centres with hydrogen
KEPPEL Data Centres and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific (MHI-AP) have signed a memorandu...
EU calls for proposals for €1bn clean technology fund
THE EU Commission has launched a call for proposals for its €1bn (US$1.1bn) Innovation Fund for l...
BP and Reliance Industries start joint venture in India
BP and Reliance Industries have announced the start of their joint venture, Reliance BP Mobility ...
Norilsk Nickel fined US$2.1bn for Arctic oil spill
NORILSK Nickel has been fined US$2.1bn by Russian environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor for the ...
Refinery fire in South Africa kills two
A FIRE at Milnerton Refinery in South Africa has killed two employees and injured seven.
Publishers come together to take action on diversity in research publishing
A GROUP of 11 publishers, led by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), has made a commitment to t...
Chevron sells Australian LNG stake
CHEVRON is selling its stake in Australia’s North West Shelf, the county’s biggest liquified natu...
UK confirms it will not align with EU chemicals agency
THE UK Government has said that it will not align with EU chemicals policy, instead bringing in i...
Johnson Matthey awarded contract at Russian methanol plant
JOHNSON Matthey’s combined reforming methanol technology has been selected by JSC Technoleasing f...
Bayer pays US$10bn to settle Roundup cancer lawsuits
BAYER has announced a US$10bn settlement for thousands of lawsuits claiming that that its Roundup...
Second carbon capture pilot to start at Drax
DRAX has announced that a new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot facility wi...
Air Liquide signs contract with South Korean steel producer
AIR Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a contract to build an air separation unit for ...
Two new large-scale CCUS facilities now in operation
THE Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) in Canada is now fully operational as carbon capture begins ...
UK Government announces new Emissions Trading System
THE UK Government has unveiled its UK Emissions Trading System (ETS) for a carbon trading market ...
Saudi Aramco completes acquisition of stake in SABIC
SAUDI Aramco has announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of a 70% stake in p...
Funding boost for waste-to-jet fuels plant
SUSTAINABLE fuels company Velocys has received further funding from the UK’s Department for Trans...
IChemE announces new Congress members
ICHEME has announced 11 new members to take up positions on its member advisory body.
Plans underway for fossil-free steel demonstration plant
THE Hybrit initiative has taken another step towards the production of fossil-free steel in Swede...
Fire erupts at Indian gas well
A FIRE has broken out at an Indian gas well which has been leaking for weeks.
Producing ammonia with small-scale electrochemical reactors
A TEAM of MIT chemical engineers has developed an electrochemical process for producing ammonia t...
BP cuts 10,000 jobs
BP has announced that it will cut 10,000 jobs by the end of the year due to the economic impact o...
Oil tank collapse likely caused by melting permafrost
AROUND 21,000 t of diesel has leaked into a Russian river near Norilsk, which is inside the Arcti...
Shell and CNOOC expand petrochemicals complex in China
SHELL, CNOOC, and the Huizhou Government have announced a cooperation agreement to expand their p...
Time running out to nominate exceptional engineers for Covid-19 response
THE Royal Academy of Engineering will make a special series of awards to engineers who are have b...
COP26 delayed a year until November 2021
THE COP26 climate change summit has been delayed for a full year until November 2021 due to the C...
Fluor awarded FEED contract for North Dakota carbon capture project
FLUOR has been awarded a FEED contract for Minnkota’s Project Tundra, a CCUS project in North Dak...
Total sets net zero target
TOTAL has become the latest oil major, along with BP, Shell, and Repsol, to pledge to reach net z...
Vaccine manufacturing centre to be scaled up
THE Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) has received funding from the UK Governme...
CCS pilot phase successfully completed on Norwegian waste-to-energy plant
FORTUM Oslo Varme’s Klemetsrud site in Oslo, Norway, has successfully validated carbon capture te...
Hundreds hospitalised after styrene gas leak in India
A GAS leak at an Indian chemical factory has killed at least 11 people and hospitalised hundreds....
Australia invests A$300m in hydrogen industry
UP to A$300m (US$193m) will be made available for a new advancing hydrogen fund to support Austra...
EPA finalises changes to mercury rule
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalised changes to a rule that requires coal a...
IChemE publishes biosector career profiles
ICHEME has launched a collection of chemical engineering career profiles to inspire the next gene...
Shell delays several major projects
FOLLOWING a decision last month to reduce capital spending by 20%, Shell has postponed a number o...
Shell makes pledge to be net zero by 2050
SHELL has announced that it aims to cut emissions from its operations to net zero by 2050 or soon...
Shell and PetroChina give green light to Australian coal-seam gas project
SHELL and PetroChina have approved the first stage of their A$10bn (US$6.3bn) Surat Basin coal-se...
UK water industry sets 2030 net zero target
WATER UK has announced that it will develop plans to achieve net zero emissions across the water ...
COP26 postponed due to coronavirus crisis
THE COP26 climate change summit, which was due to take place in Glasgow, UK, in November, has bee...
Nouryon and Ineos Nitriles start work on new chelates plants
NOURYON and Ineos Nitriles have started construction of new facilities in Germany that will produ...
Candidates announced for IChemE Deputy President
THE INSTITUTION of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has announced candidates for Deputy President, and...
Norwegian carbon capture research hub extends operations
NORWAY’S carbon capture research hub, Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM), has been given government...
IChemE offers support to UK Government in response to coronavirus crisis
THE INSTITUTION of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has written to the UK Government to offer support ...
BP ensures energy supplies are uninterrupted
IN its response to the coronavirus crisis, BP has said that it will ensure supplies of energy, fu...
Ineos to produce hand sanitiser
INEOS has announced that it will start to make hand sanitiser and will build plants in the UK and...
Companies repurpose to produce hand sanitiser
IN the fight against the spread of coronavirus, chemical companies and distilleries are stepping ...
Green light given to UK plastic-to-hydrogen facility
THE UK’s first plastic-to-hydrogen facility has received planning consent at a site near Ellesmer...
Asahi to sell beer and cider brands to appease consumer agency
ASAHI announced last year its intentions to acquire Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) and has now ...
Replacing petroleum with wood in chemicals production
AN interdisciplinary team of researchers has calculated how wood could replace petroleum in the c...
Santos and BP sign CCS agreement
SANTOS and BP have entered a non-binding agreement to support the Moomba carbon capture and stora...
New European green hydrogen project announced
SHELL, Gasunie, and Groningen Seaports have launched the NortH2 project, which aims to build a gr...
Fire at South Korea facility injures 56
A FIRE has occurred at Lotte Chemical’s naphtha cracker in Seosan, South Korea, injuring at least...
Rio Tinto will spend US$1bn on reducing emissions
RIO Tinto has announced that it will spend US$1bn over the next five years to reduce its carbon f...
Fire occurs at Marathon Petroleum refinery in California
A LARGE fire has been reported at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Carson, California, followin...
Equinor withdraws from plans to drill for oil in Australian marine park
EQUINOR has pulled out of controversial plans to drill for oil and gas in the Great Australian Bi...
BP to leave three US trade associations due to misalignment of climate policies
BP HAS announced that it will leave the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), the...
Fluor wins contract for Chinese adiponitrile plant
FLUOR has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction for INVIST...
New funding announced for UK decarbonisation projects
THE UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded around £90m (...
New President announced for COP26 climate summit
ALOK Sharma has been announced as the new President for the COP26 climate summit, which is due to...
BP commits to net zero by 2050
NEW BP Chief Executive Bernard Looney has pledged that BP will reduce its emissions to net zero b...
COP26 launch overshadowed by political arguments
THE COP26 climate summit, due to take place in Glasgow in November, was officially launched on 4 ...
Uncertainty remains over UK chemicals regulations after Brexit
UNCERTAINTY remains over the future of chemicals regulations in the UK as the UK will only remain...
Three killed in Texas oil well blowout
AN oil well blowout in Texas, US, has killed three people.
IChemE calls for Board of Trustee and Congress nominations
NOMINATIONS are now open for positions on IChemE’s Board of Trustees and Congress.
South African engineers call for more renewables
THE South African Government has been urged to restart its renewable-energy procurement programme...
Partnership assesses viability of commercial-scale CCS facility in US
A JOINT study will assess the viability of a commercial-scale carbon capture facility at LafargeH...
UK announces new fast-track visa for world-leading researchers
THE UK Government has announced the details of a new fast-track visa scheme to attract overseas r...
New chemical engineering department at Brunel University London
BRUNEL University London’s new Department of Chemical Engineering was officially launched on 29 J...
IChemE Fellow awarded Australia Day honours
ICHEME Fellow Geoffrey Stevens, a chemical engineering professor at the University of Melbourne, ...
Nouryon and Semiotic Labs partnership will improve plant reliability
NOURYON has signed a framework agreement with Semiotic Labs to implement technology that will pre...
Turning banana waste into food packaging
RESEARCHERS at the University of New South Wales, Australia, have developed a process to turn ban...
CPI partners with ImmunoBiology to produce pneumococcal vaccines that don’t require cold chain
CPI is partnering with ImmunoBiology (ImmBio) to develop a vaccine that protects against illnesse...
Explosion at Spanish ethylene oxide plant
AN explosion at an ethylene oxide facility in Tarragona, Spain, has killed three people and injur...
IChemE Fellows feature as experts in TV documentary about engineering safety
THREE IChemE Fellows will feature as experts in a new ten-part television documentary series abou...
IChemE Trustee appointed CEO of C-Capture
TOM White, Vice President Regions on IChemE’s Board of Trustees, has been appointed CEO of clean ...
Fire at Scottish Borders chemical plant
A FIRE occurred at Rathburn Chemicals in the Scottish Borders, UK, on 10 January.
BP sells North Sea assets to Premier Oil
BP is selling its North Sea interests in the Andrew area and its non-operating interests in the S...
CSB releases final report on explosions at Midland Resource Recovery facility
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has found that a lack of hazard identification processes contr...
Four new biofuel plants receive funding in UK
THE UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced funding for four new biofuel plants.
BASF sells Construction Chemicals to Lone Star
GLOBAL private equity firm Lone Star has signed a purchase agreement to acquire BASF’s Constructi...
Three chemical engineers recognised in New Year’s Honours
THREE Fellows of IChemE have been awarded in the Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours list. Lynn Gladd...
Drax announces ambition to be world’s first carbon negative company by 2030
DRAX power station in North Yorkshire, UK, plans to become carbon negative by 2030 through its us...
Steam cracking transforms waste plastic into new
A PROCESS has been developed for steam cracking of plastic waste to produce new plastic, which co...
Saudi Aramco public share sale is world’s largest
SAUDI Aramco has raised US$25.6bn in its initial public offering (IPO), making it the world’s lar...
New evacuation a week after Texas chemical plant explosion
A WEEK after the explosion at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) facility in Port Neches, Texas, ...
UPDATE: Explosion at Texas chemicals facility
A SECOND major explosion at a chemicals facility in Port Neches, Texas, has resulted in the evacu...
Explosion at Texas chemicals facility
THREE people have been injured in an explosion at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) Group facili...
New Interim Director appointed at Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
STEWART Behie has been appointed as the Interim Director at the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety ...
US rolls back Chemical Disaster Rule
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rescinded most of the Chemical Disaster Rule – w...
Report finds gender bias in chemical sciences publishing
THE Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has released a report showing that a number of subtle biases...
UK Prime Minister promises funding for CCS and R&D
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised £800m (US$1.03bn) in funding for CCS along with doub...
Drax raises biomass sustainability standards
DRAX has strengthened its biomass sustainability policy and appointed an Independent Advisory Boa...
Clean energy wins at IChemE Global Awards
ICHEME’s Global Awards saw The University of Birmingham’s Centre for Energy Storage, together wit...
New £1m funding pot for UK steel research
A UK sustainable steel research network is offering up to £1m (US$1.3m) in funding for other rese...
Saudi Aramco gives go ahead for largest ever stock listing
SAUDI Aramco has announced its intention to proceed with its long-awaited public stock listing, w...
UK Government issues temporary ban on fracking
THE UK Government has temporarily halted fracking on the basis of a new scientific study from the...
Borealis and Neste enter agreement for renewable polypropylene
NESTE will provide its renewable propane to Borealis for production of polypropylene as part of a...
Nouryon demonstrates new process for ethylene amine production
NOURYON has produced the first ethylene amines products at its demonstration plant in Stenungsund...
CSB releases update on Philadelphia refinery fire
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its factual update on the refinery fire that occu...
Murray Energy files for bankruptcy
MURRAY Energy, the largest private coal miner in the US, has filed for bankruptcy as utilities co...
Producing cement using electrolysis
MIT scientists have developed a process to produce cement via electrolysis, which would lower the...
New lithium extraction process could revolutionise energy storage
ENERGY Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) has developed a scalable lithium extraction process usi...
BASF expands ethylene oxide capacity in Antwerp
BASF will expand its ethylene oxide capacity at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium.
South Africa unveils 2030 power plan
SOUTH Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has updated its Integrated Resou...
Future of clean energy discussed at London workshop
THE Fuel and Energy Research Forum held its Workshop on Combustion-related Research and the Inaug...
Velocys signs CCUS agreement for its US biomass-to-fuel plant
RENEWABLE fuels company Velocys has signed an agreement with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) to ca...
UK invests in nuclear fusion
THE UK Government has announced £220m (US$271m) in funding for a nuclear fusion power station to ...
Potential closure of INEOS Seal Sands acrylonitrile plant
INEOS has announced that it is consulting with employees over the potential closure of its Seal S...
Expansions to lithium plants in Australia on hold due to market downturn
CHINA-based Tianqi Lithium has halted work on the expansion of its lithium hydroxide refinery in ...
Potential new processing route for nickel
HUGH Morgan, owner of Comet Minerals, has announced a new process which could be used to extract ...
ExxonMobil sells US$4.5bn of Norwegian upstream assets
EXXONMOBIL has signed an agreement with Vår Energi to sell its upstream assets in Norway for US$4...
Equinor signs MoU with seven companies to develop CCS value chains
EQUINOR has signed a memorandum of understanding with seven European companies to develop value c...
Climeworks merges with Antecy
CLIMEWORKS has announced that it has acquired Antecy, combining the technology of the two direct ...
New safety digest released by CSB
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety digest about the importance of worke...
Cuadrilla fracking suspended until further notice
FRACKING at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in Lancashire, UK, will remain suspended until a fu...
New edition of IChemE’s Pink Book
ICHEME has published a new edition of its arbitration rules Pink Book, which offers the latest in...
LyondellBasell signs MoU with Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group for China expansion
LYONDELLBASELL has signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint venture with Liaoning Bora En...
Two die in explosion at former SSI UK steelworks site
TWO contract workers have been killed after an explosion at a former SSI UK steelworks site in So...
New Zealand’s Mercury boss appointed as chair of business council
FRASER Whineray, CEO of state-owned energy company Mercury, has been appointed as the new chairpe...
Engineers gather to discuss global grand challenges
The Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 took place in London on 16-18 September, with satellite e...
Fracked natural gas well blowout still burning after two weeks
A BLOWOUT at a fracked natural gas well in Louisiana, US, has been burning for two weeks and is e...
Membrane for low-energy chemical separation
A METAL oxide-infused membrane has been developed that offers lower-energy chemical separation th...
Integrated power-to-liquid test facility produces first fuel
A container-based test facility has successfully produced synthetic fuel from renewable energy an...
Report reveals policy gaps in UK Government’s net zero pledge
THE Science and Technology Committee (STC) has highlighted policy gaps in the Government’s plans ...
Partnership aims to build large-scale hydrogen storage systems
FRAMES Group, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies (HLT), and MAN Energy Solutions (MES) have entered a...
UK will fast track visas for top scientists post-Brexit
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that top scientists will be allowed to apply for fa...
Neste expands Singapore biofuels refinery
NESTE is investing US$1.4bn in an expansion to its Singapore renewable fuels refinery.
Occidental and Ecopetrol form US$1.5bn joint venture
OCCIDENTAL Petroleum and Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol have entered into a US$1.5bn j...
Finalists announced for IChemE Malaysia Awards 2019
IChemE has announced the 40 finalists for its Malaysia Awards 2019.
Glencore to mothball cobalt and copper mine
GLENCORE will stop production at the Mutanda cobalt and copper mine in the Democratic Republic of...
Report calls for swapping fossil fuel subsidies for renewables to boost green energy
A REPORT by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has found that just 10...
IChemE announces inaugural Learned Society Committee
ICHEME has announced the nine members who will be on its newly-established Learned Society Commit...
Removing hydrofluoric acid from damaged refinery
WORK has begun on removing 30,000 bbl of modified hydrofluoric acid at the damaged Philadelphia E...
NuScale finalises agreements to support deployment of its small modular reactor
NUSCALE has finalised agreements with Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction (DHIC) and power e...
Nouryon acquires Chinese triethyl aluminium business
NOURYON has acquired Zhejiang Friend Chemical (Friend), the largest Chinese producer of triethyl ...
BP and Bunge form joint venture to produce biofuels
BP and agricultural trader Bunge have announced a joint venture to produce biofuels and bioenergy...
Construction begins on Australian hydrogen pilot project
CONSTRUCTION has begun on a pilot project in Victoria, Australia, which will convert brown coal t...
Jaguar Land Rover and BASF trial recycled plastic in cars
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has partnered with BASF in a pilot research project to trial plastic recy...
Green Biologics closes biochemicals plant in US
GREEN Biologics (GBL), a biobased chemical firm headquartered in the UK, has announced that it wi...
Cuadrilla to start fracking second well
CUADRILLA plans to frack a second well in Lancashire, UK, before its planning permission expires ...
ISA creates Global Security Alliance
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has created an open forum to advance cybersecurity ...
Gas plant explosion in China kills 15
A GASIFICATION plant in China’s central Henan province has exploded, killing 15 people and seriou...
New reactor can produce pure stream of hydrogen
A CHEMICAL reactor has been designed that can produce hydrogen as a pure product stream.
Environmentally friendly alternative to polystyrene foam
A plant-based alternative to polystyrene foam has been developed that has better insulation prope...
UK Government criticised for lack of progress implementing biofuels
THE All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Bioethanol has released a report saying that...
Fire at Petronas gas processing plant
PETRONAS Gas (PGB), a subsidiary of Petronas, has confirmed that a fire which broke out at one of...
Understanding localised corrosion of steel pipes
LOCALISED corrosion can cause failures in steel pipes used in the oil and gas industry, but new r...
Two dead and one missing after explosion at Indian chemicals plant
AN explosion and fire at Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection in Dera Bassi, India, has killed tw...
BP warns that world is on unsustainable path
BP HAS warned of a “worrying vicious cycle” of energy use in its new global energy report, as ext...
IChemE impact factors increase
THE impact factors have increased for three of IChemE’s journals – Process Safety and Environment...
Nuclear industry calls on European policy makers to work together towards net zero emissions
NUCLEAR industry representatives from across the supply chain have issued a manifesto outlining s...
Student chemical engineering projects recognised by IChemE awards
ICHEME has presented awards to school students in Singapore for projects that used chemical engin...
43 people killed at Glencore mine
A LANDSLIDE at Glencore’s largest copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC...
ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat announce carbon capture partnership
EXXONMOBIL and Global Thermostat have signed a joint development agreement to advance carbon capt...
UK’s first industrial-scale carbon capture plant
THE UK Government has announced funding for nine carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) ...
EU fails to agree a net zero emissions target for 2050
FOUR countries have blocked an EU proposal which aims to set a net zero emissions target for the ...
EPA’s new energy plan gives boost to coal-fired plants
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced a new energy rule that will extend th...
New approach for desalinating hypersaline brines
USING a temperature-dependent solvent to desalinate water with high concentrations of dissolved s...
BASF and Lutianhua sign agreement to build dimethyl ether pilot plant
BASF and Lutianhua have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a pilot plant for synthesis...
Hurricane Energy produces first oil at fractured basement field
HURRICANE Energy has produced first oil from the UK’s first fractured basement field in the North...
ExxonMobil and SABIC announce construction of chemical facility in Texas
EXXONMOBIL and SABIC have announced the construction of a chemical facility and an ethane steam c...
Producing sustainable aviation fuel in the Netherlands
SUSTAINABLE aviation fuel supplier (SAF) SkyNRG will develop Europe’s first dedicated waste-to-fu...
UK sets target for net zero emissions by 2050
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the UK will legislate to reduce CO2 emissions to...
Third phase of Australian CCS project given go-ahead
CO2CRC, an Australian carbon capture and storage (CCS) research organisation, has announced a A$4...
First shipment from Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility
The first shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) has sailed from Shell’s Prelude floating LNG (F...
Wood awarded contract for petrochemicals project in Oman
WOOD has been awarded a contract by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company (DRPIC) f...
UK Chancellor criticised for trying to change decarbonisation targets
THE UK Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, has come under criticism for claiming that adopting a strateg...
Valero fined £5m following fatal Pembroke refinery explosion in 2011
VALERO Energy has been fined £5m (US$6.4m) following an explosion at its Pembroke refinery in Wal...
Call for evidence on CCS ahead of UK spending review
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for carbon capture and storage has issued a call for evi...
ÅF Pöyry awarded contract for boiler project at paperboard mill
CONSULTING and engineering company ÅF Pöyry have been awarded a contract for pre-engineering serv...
Nouryon announces Imagine Chemistry winners
EIGHT groups received awards in Nouryon’s 2019 Imagine Chemistry competition.
Call for nominations for IChemE’s Learned Society Committee
ICHEME is calling for nominations for its newly-established Learned Society Committee.
Reducing the energy required to produce greener chemicals
PRODUCING useful chemicals from carbon dioxide via electrolysis typically has a high energy consu...
New process improves efficiency of isobutanol production
RESEARCHERS have developed a new process for producing the biofuel isobutanol more economically.
A tougher bioplastic for food packaging
ADDING rubber to bioplastic to make it less brittle has led to the development of a new type of b...
Agfa-Gevaert wins Process Intensification Award
THE 2019 Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation has been awarded by the European...
GSK made Gold Corporate Partner
ICHEME has announced that healthcare company GSK is its newest Gold Corporate Partner.
Anadarko accepts Occidental bid
ANADARKO Petroleum has accepted Occidental’s hostile acquisition bid, after Chevron announced tha...
Aker Solutions to provide carbon capture technology to waste-to-energy plant
AKER Solutions has signed an agreement with Twence to supply modular carbon capture technology to...
Explosion at Illinois silicones plant
AN explosion and fire at a US silicones manufacturing plant has killed three people with one othe...
UK government needs clear strategy to deploy CCUS
A CROSS-PARTY report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has criti...
Wood wins contract on Hinkley Point C project
WOOD has won a contract to provide a construction design management advisor service for the Hinkl...
Three killed in Mongolia chemicals explosion
THREE people have been killed and five injured at a privately-owned chemical plant in China’s Inn...
Threads that change colour in response to certain gases
A NEW method for dying threads could be used to create smart clothing that changes colour in the ...
Increasing the recycling rate of electric vehicle batteries
A PARTNERSHIP between Nordic clean energy company Fortum, and Finnish speciality recycling compan...
Removing oil from produced water
A PROCESS has been developed that can remove nearly all traces of oil in produced water.
Dual-polymer hydrogel can respond dynamically to its environment
A HYDROGEL has been developed that can bend, twist, or stick together when exposed to certain sol...
New process speeds up the production of biofuel from microorganisms
A PROCESS for converting algae to biofuel has been developed that is significantly less energy-in...
Fire at Petronas refinery in Malaysia
AN explosion and fire occurred at the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Johor, Malaysia, a re...
UK fusion research centre granted contract extension
JOINT European Torus (JET), a fusion energy research centre in the UK, has had its contract exten...
Solvay increases hydroquinone production
SOLVAY will raise its hydroquinone production capacity by 20% at its plant in Saint-Fons, France.
Nouryon plans to double organic peroxides capacity in Mexico
NOURYON has announced that it intends to double it production capacity for solvent-based organic ...
BASF opens new research centre
BASF has opened a new research centre for catalyst and process development.
ExxonMobil plans multi-billion dollar investment in Singapore complex
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it is investing in an expansion project for its Singapore refining ...
Engineering celebrated at North West award ceremony
THE annual North West Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner, jointly hosted by IChemE and IMechE, ...
INEOS to acquire US titanium dioxide business
INEOS has signed an agreement to acquire titanium dioxide (TiO2) business Cristal from Tronox for...
UK launches new CCUS Advisory Group
THE Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has formed a new CCUS Advisory...
Turning CO2 into solid carbon for storage
A NEW carbon capture process has been developed that turns carbon dioxide gas into solid carbon t...
BP says it could keep some oil and gas resources in the ground
BP has reduced its oil and gas exploration activities and could keep some of its resources in the...
Norsk Hydro hit by cyber attack
NORSK Hydro, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of aluminium, has been hit by a ransomware attack.
BP agrees to disclose how its strategies align with the Paris Agreement
BP HAS agreed to a resolution from investors to disclose how its greenhouse gas reduction and fut...
A new process for converting plastic waste to fuel
A NEW process has been developed that uses supercritical water to transform polypropylene plastic...
Plenary speakers announced for Hazards Australasia
THREE plenary speakers have been announced for IChemE’s Hazards Australasia 2019 process safety c...
Report identifies challenges towards a plastics circular economy
THE European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) has released a report identi...
Nouryon reduces emissions by increasing its bio-steam supply
NOURYON plans to reduce its CO2 emissions at its salt production site at Hengelo in the Netherlan...
UK Government warned that no-deal Brexit REACH plans are ‘vague and insufficient’
THE UK Government has published draft legislation for chemical registration in the event of a no-...
GO dough: transforming graphene oxide
RESEARCHERS have developed a method to turn graphene oxide into a mouldable dough, making it safe...
Producing synthetic gas with a single-step process
TECHNOLOGY company Sunfire has successfully demonstrated a single-step process for producing syng...
IChemE releases report on the role of chemical engineering in the biosector
ICHEME’s BioFutures Steering Group has released a report with recommendations on how the Institut...
Nominations open for Deputy President and Honorary Treasurer
NOMINATIONS are now open for the positions of Deputy President and Honorary Treasurer on IChemE’s...
New carbon capture technology granted funding for further development
THE Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and Carbon CCS-US, the US subsidiary of Carbon Clean Solutions...
IChemE launches energy and resource efficiency guide
ICHEME has launched an energy and resource efficiency guide which outlines how engineers and orga...
Chevron and Occidental invest in capturing CO2 from the air
CHEVRON and Occidental Petroleum have invested in Canadian direct air capture (DAC) company Carbo...
BASF announces four research projects for reducing CO2 emissions
BASF has outlined four R&D activities that will allow the company to achieve CO2-neutral growth u...
Oil tanker fire off the coast of Hong Kong kills one
A FIRE that broke out on an oil tanker off the coast of Hong Kong has killed one, injured seven, ...
Merck announces prize for Cork chemical engineering students
SCIENCE and technology company Merck celebrated 30 years at its site in Cork, Ireland, in 2018 an...
Trump administration says mercury regulations not appropriate or necessary
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to change the way ...
Explosion at Chinese chemicals facility kills three
AN explosion at a chemicals facility in the Xinjiang region in China has killed three people and ...
Chemical engineering student recognised for academic performance
A CHEMICAL engineering Master’s student at the University of Chester, UK, has been awarded a regi...
Negotiators agree on rulebook for Paris Agreement at United Nations meeting
A SET of rules for enacting the Paris Agreement to limit climate change was agreed by 196 countri...
Explosion at natural gas facility injures four
AN explosion at MarkWest natural gas processing facility in Pennsylvania, US, has injured four pe...
UK government publishes additional REACH guidance in case of no-deal Brexit
THE UK government has published additional documentation on how the UK will manage chemical regul...
UK government announces £60m in funding for sustainable packaging
THE UK government has announced the launch of a £60m (US$76m) innovation fund to accelerate the d...
Walt Disney’s safety manager to speak at Hazards 29 conference
MIKE Bell, worldwide safety and health manager at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, will deliver the...
YPF and Petronas partner on Argentina oil and gas project
ARGENTINA’s state-owned energy company YPF has entered into a US$2.3bn joint venture with Malaysi...
BP starts production at Clair Ridge oil field
BP has started production at the £4.5bn (US$5.75bn) Clair Ridge oil field in one of the largest n...
Shell commits to stricter targets on cutting emissions
SHELL has given in to pressure from investors to commit to specific goals in limiting climate cha...
UK moving forward with CCUS plans
THE UK government has unveiled an action plan for developing carbon, capture, utilisation and sto...
World’s first commercial full-chain CCUS project announced for Teesside
THE Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has announced a strategic partnership with six oil and ...
New definitions for the kilogram, mole, ampere, and kelvin
METROLOGISTS from over 60 countries met at the General Conference on Weights and Measures in Vers...
Report assesses the role of biomass in meeting climate change targets in the UK
A REPORT by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said that biomass has a role to play in a l...
Mobile plant produces fuel from waste wood
TWELVE research groups from seven countries have developed a sustainable method for producing bio...
Saudi Aramco signs agreement with ADNOC to collaborate in natural gas sector
SAUDI Aramco has signed a framework agreement with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to ...
BP launches Kathleen Lonsdale fellowships at the University of Manchester
BP-FUNDED fellowships have been awarded to two scientists at the UK’s University of Manchester. T...
INEOS in talks to buy ConocoPhillips’ North Sea assets
INEOS is in talks with ConocoPhillips to acquire its North Sea oil and gas fields.
Explosion at hazardous waste facility kills one
AN explosion at a US Ecology facility in Idaho, US, has killed one worker and injured three.
INEOS buys Ashland’s Composites business for US$1.1bn
INEOS has announced that it will buy the Composites business from Ashland Global Holdings, includ...
Air Products to buy General Electric’s gasification business
AIR Products has agreed to buy General Electric’s gasification business, which will expand Air Pr...
Nuclear reprocessing ends at Sellafield’s Thorp plant
THE thermal oxide reprocessing plant (Thorp) at Sellafield, UK, has ceased reprocessing spent nuc...
Fluor awarded contract for Valero’s refinery in Wales
FLUOR has announced that it has been awarded a contract for Valero Energy’s combined heat and pow...
Protecting future energy infrastructure from natural hazards
ICHEME has supported the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) in publishing research identifying h...
Flooding causes damage to Dangote refinery
FLOODING due to heavy rainfall has caused damage to the US$10bn Dangote refinery site in Nigeria.
Neste and Clariant sign deal for sustainable chemicals production
RENEWABLE fuels and chemicals producer Neste has signed an agreement to provide sustainable raw m...
Report outlines path to significantly reducing emissions from cement industry
A REPORT has outlined how the cement and concrete industry can reduce its CO2 emissions by 95% by...
NuScale partners with Ontario Power Generation to bring small nuclear reactors to Canada
NUSCALE has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in a bid to ...
Toshiba withdraws from planned UK nuclear plant
TOSHIBA has announced that it will withdraw from a construction project that had planned to build...
House of Lords calls on government to take urgent action to clarify chemical regulations
THE House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published a report expressing conc...
ExxonMobil starts new unit at Antwerp refinery
EXXONMOBIL has started operations of a new unit for producing high-value transportation fuels at ...
UK and Canada sign agreement for civil nuclear cooperation
THE UK and Canada have signed a bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) which will ensure t...
IChemE deputy president decides not to proceed to become 2019 president
IChemE deputy president Andrew Thompson has decided not to proceed to become president in 2019. T...
Eni and Total sign agreement for offshore exploration in Algeria
ENI and Total have signed an agreement with Sonatrach for offshore oil and gas exploration in Alg...
Report finds more ‘D’ needed in UK R&D
A Royal Academy of Engineering report has found that more support is needed for the final develop...
IChemE announces results of Congress elections
IChemE has announced the names of 32 volunteers who have been elected to the new member advisory ...
Recycling carbon dioxide in steel production
A EUROPEAN project is researching how to use the carbon dioxide produced during steelmaking to ma...
European Parliament calls for tougher stance on emissions
MEMBERS of the European Parliament have called on the EU to improve its climate change commitment...
New catalyst reduces carbon dioxide emissions in coal-to-liquids process
A CATALYST has been developed that almost eliminates carbon dioxide emissions in the Fischer-Trop...
IChemE Safety Centre director wins Trevor Kletz Merit Award
TRISH Kerin, director of the IChemE Safety Centre, has been awarded the Trevor Kletz Merit Award ...
Inauguration of new UK engineering university
THE New Model in Technology & Engineering (NMiTE), a future engineering university, has been inau...
Amsterdam considers green electrolysis plant
NOURYON, Tata Steel, and the Port of Amsterdam are collaborating on a feasibility study for a gre...
Producing hydrogen from plastic waste
A PROCESS has been developed to convert waste plastic into hydrogen which could be used as fuel.
IChemE Congress voting now open
ICHEME members can now vote for who they want to represent them on Congress.
Call for young engineers to design trophy for Queen Elizabeth Prize
A competition has been launched for young designers and engineers to design the trophy for the Qu...
Fluor to test carbon capture technology at Norwegian facility
FLUOR has signed an agreement to test its carbon capture processes at the Technology Centre Mongs...
Canada's LNG project gets green light
A large-scale LNG project in Canada has been given the final go-ahead by project partners.
ThyssenKrupp splits in two
THYSSENKRUPP has announced that it will separate its industrials and materials divisions into two...
New US plant will convert household waste into fuel
FULCRUM BioEnergy has announced that it will convert municipal solid waste into biojet fuel using...
UK steel industry gets £7m funding for alloy development
SWANSEA University, in partnership with Tata Steel and Warwick Manufacturing Group at the Univers...
UK government releases document on chemical regulation in case of no-deal Brexit
THE UK government has outlined a framework for regulating chemicals if a no-deal Brexit occurs, s...
One person killed at chemical factory explosion in Alabama
AN EXPLOSION has occurred at the Umicore Speciality Chemicals plant in Arab, Alabama, killing one...
New coal-to-chemistry plant in Inner Mongolia will use novel ethylene glycol technology
DOWNSTREAM producer Jiutai is planning a coal-to-chemistry plant in Inner Mongolia that will prod...
Three US oil majors commit to climate change action
EXXONMOBIL, Chevron, and Occidental Petroleum have joined the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGC...
Trump administration scraps methane emission laws
THE Trump administration has rolled back two Obama-era laws on reducing methane emissions in the ...
Major new refinery proposed for Canada
INDIGENOUS communities and Chinese companies are planning to build a 167,000 bbl/d refinery in Al...
Liquid membrane blocks small particles and lets big ones through
A SELF-HEALING liquid membrane has been developed that acts as a reverse filter by blocking small...
ExxonMobil plans US$650m upgrade to Fawley refinery
EXXONMOBIL is planning on upgrading its Fawley refinery, in the company’s biggest investment in t...
Explosion at Indian petrochemicals facility kills six
THE explosion of a methane tank at the Mohit petrochemical factory in Bijnor, India, earlier toda...
Attempt to hasten compliance with chemical safety law overruled
THE US’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not have to comply with the Chemical Disaster ...
Green amino acid production incorporates carbon dioxide
L-METHIONINE is an amino acid that is typically produced using toxic hydrogen cyanide. Researcher...
Wood awarded new contracts at Norwegian refinery
WOOD has been awarded two strategic modifications contracts for Equinor’s Mongstad refinery in No...
Climeworks raises funds to expand direct air capture business
CLIMEWORKS has raised CHF30.5m (US$30.8m) to further industrialise its technology which directly ...
Courts block Trump administration from further delays of chemical safety law
A FEDERAL appeals court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop delaying an...
Fire at chemical plant on Stanlow refinery site
A fire broke out yesterday at a chemical plant on the same site as the Stanlow oil refinery in Ch...
US invests in water treatment research projects
The US Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water resource management, has announced that it wil...
IChemE 2018 medals nominations open
IChemE has opened the call for nominations for its 2018 medals and prizes programme.
High temperature nuclear reactors could make uranium extraction energy neutral
THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published a report discussing how to make urani...
Carbon capture studies to go ahead at Norwegian waste incineration plant
NORWAY’s ministry of petroleum and energy has announced that it will fund FEED studies on CO2 cap...
Membrane filters out antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wastewater
A TECHNIQUE has been developed combining a photocatalytic membrane and UV light to remove most an...
Two die in furnace at Dubai aluminium plant
Two workers have died at an industrial furnace fire at an Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) smelter...
Monsanto ordered to pay US$289m to cancer patient
A JURY has ruled in favour of a terminally ill cancer patient who claimed that Monsanto’s glyphos...
New technique for recycling multi-layer packaging
CRISP packets, chocolate wrappers, and blister packets for pills are all extremely difficult to r...
Circular hydraulic jump not caused by gravity
A FLUID mechanics phenomenon commonly seen when tap water hits a sink, and first observed by Leon...
Wood and National Nuclear Laboratory partner for nuclear fuel research
THE UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has awarded a three-y...
Lab-on-a-chip moves droplets via sound waves
A LAB-ON-A-CHIP that can allow droplets to ‘surf’ across oil using acoustic waves has been develo...
AkzoNobel signs deal with Renmatix to develop bio-based paint additives
AKZONOBEL and Renmatix, a specialist in plant-based technology, have formed a partnership to make...
Kuwait refinery to use DuPont technology for sulphur reduction
DuPont Clean Technologies has signed a contract with Honeywell UOP to provide sulphur-reducing te...
Neste aims to turn plastic waste into fuel
NESTE, a producer of renewable diesel, is developing ways to turn liquified plastic waste into a ...
Spray coating solar cells improves efficiency
A NEW technique for manufacturing perovskite solar cells improves their efficiency and solves pre...
Accident at Briar Chemicals kills one
EMERGENCY services were called to reports of an explosion at 15:10 local time on 27 July at Briar...
Wine-making and pharmaceuticals will be topics at Chemeca 2018 conference
PLENARY speeches on topics of wine-making and pharmaceuticals have been announced for Australasia...
ExxonMobil starts up new ethane cracker
EXXONMOBIL has announced that its new 1.5m t/y ethane cracker has commenced operations at its int...
BP buys BHP’s US oil and gas assets
BP has announced that it will be buying BHP’s US shale oil and gasfields for US$10.5bn.
IChemE Silver Corporate Partner Award for Xodus Group
ICHEME has presented its Silver Corporate Partner Award to energy consultancy Xodus Group, in rec...
Metal-polymer hybrid used to create flexible electronics
A HYBRID conductive material has been developed for flexible electronic circuits by combining ela...
Thyssenkrupp develops new industrial-scale water electrolysis units to produce green hydrogen
THYSSENKRUPP has launched industrial-scale water electrolysis technology to make hydrogen product...
Nanoparticles for non-invasive scar detection
NANOPARTICLES which emit fluorescent signals in the presence of scar cells could be used for non-...
Onshore fracking given go ahead in UK
CUADRILLA has been granted permission to begin fracking in the UK’s first onshore horizontal shal...
Colour-changing fibres indicate pressure in compression bandages
FIBRES that change colour when stretched have been integrated into compression bandages, which wi...
CCUS report urges UK government to act now
THE carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) cost challenge taskforce has released a report settin...
AkzoNobel plans upgrade to chlor-alkali plant
AkzoNobel will upgrade its Rotterdam chlor-alkali plant to include a new production line for chlo...
New Congress for IChemE
IChemE has published a new Royal Charter and By-laws, and approved the establishment of a Congress.
Saudi Aramco confirms interest in potential stake at SABIC
SAUDI Aramco is evaluating the possibility of buying a stake in petrochemical company SABIC, whic...
US$11bn petrochemicals complex to be built in Egypt
A MULTI-BILLION dollar petchems complex is to be built in Egypt, and is expected to create thousa...
Explosion at chemical plant in Ohio
AN explosion and fire occurred at the Emerald Performance Materials chemical plant in Akron, Ohio...
Turning wood waste into adhesives
A substance in trees that is usually discarded by paper manufacturers has been used to create adh...
Oil and gas wastewater spread on roads releases harmful toxins
WASTEWATER from oil and gas facilities can be spread on roads for dust suppression or de-icing, b...
Chinese insulation production thought to be source of rise in ozone-damaging chemical
A REPORT by the Environmental Investigations Agency (EIA) has discovered widespread use of the ba...
Epilepsy drug created from greener catalytic process
A NEW method has been developed for drug production that avoids the use of expensive precious met...
SNC-Lavalin partners with Florexx International Investments to build UAE refinery
SNC-Lavalin has signed an agreement with Florexx International Investments to construct an advanc...
Fire at Kemaman Bitumen Company refinery injures four
A FIRE at the Kemaman Bitumen Company (KBC) refinery in Malaysia has destroyed two crude oil tank...
New process for creating biodegradable polyesters
RESEARCHERS have developed a new polymerisation process involving a light-activated catalyst that...
South Africa and Japan cooperate on water management
SOUTH Africa and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) in the field of water resour...
Increased impact factors for IChemE journals
IChemE has announced an increase in impact factor for three of its journals; Food and Bioproducts...
Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp sign definitive agreement for merger
TATA Steel and Thyssenkrupp have announced that the companies will merge, after being in negotiat...
Nestlé reduces water consumption in South African dairy factory
NESTLÉ South Africa is transforming its Mossel Bay dairy factory into a “zero water” site by re-u...
Chevron’s delayed CCS project due to begin this year
CHEVRON expects to start its carbon capture and storage project for the Gorgon liquified natural ...
Wood invests in nuclear decommissioning
WOOD has launched a new fund that will invest in technologies developed by small and medium enter...
Laser monitoring of molten steel
NEW laser technology will allow steelworkers to monitor the condition of molten metal furnaces in...
EPA limiting evaluation of chemical risks
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revised how it determines risks associated with ...
ABB wins contract to decommission ENGIE power station
ABB has secured a contract with energy operator ENGIE to provide support and advice for the decom...
Chemical engineers talk fire safety
FIRE safety is important to all of us, both in residential buildings and on industrial sites, and...
China-UK metrology collaboration
THE University of Huddersfield has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shanghai Jiao Tong U...
Cutting the cost of carbon capture
CANADIAN company Carbon Engineering has announced that it can capture carbon from the air for les...
20% power boost for NuScale’s small nuclear reactor
NuScale Power has announced that its small modular reactor (SMR) can generate 20% more power than...
New 3D printer creates complex biological tissues
A 3D printer has been developed that uses a microfluidics chip to combine multiple cell-laden hyd...
Update: Chester engineering faculty faces relocation due to proximity to oil refinery
THE University of Chester is facing the possibility of relocating its science and engineering fac...
Chester engineering faculty faces relocation due to proximity to oil refinery
THE University of Chester is facing the possibility of relocating its £120m (US$160m) science and...
Heat-triggered polymerisation method saves energy
A NEW polymer manufacturing process that uses the energy from the internal polymerisation reactio...
Stemming the flow of plastic waste
EUROPE has proposed a law banning or restricting single-use plastics, the UN has released a polic...
World’s first liquid air storage plant opens
THE world’s first full-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant, which can store excess energ...
UK government considers investment in new nuclear power plant in Wales
BUSINESS secretary Greg Clark has announced that the UK government will take a £5bn ($US6.7bn) st...
3D-printing human corneas
HUMAN corneas have been 3D-bioprinted using a specially designed bio-ink containing corneal cells.
Petronas invests in LNG Canada
PETRONAS is buying a 25% stake in LNG Canada, after previously scrapping plans to develop its own...
SUEZ agrees to help improve water treatment at Rosneft sites
SUEZ has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Rosneft to improve water and wastewater pr...
Repsol to use Google technology to improve refinery efficiency
SPANISH energy company Repsol has announced that it is working with Google to use big data and ar...
UK government’s failure to invest in Tata Steel criticised by Welsh first minister
THE Welsh first minister, Carwyn Jones, has accused the UK government of failing to secure the fu...
Top ten bio-based chemicals for UK economic growth
A REPORT from the Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Network (LBNet) has identified ten biochemicals whe...
First solar-powered desalination plant for South Africa
The first solar-powered desalination plant in South Africa will convert sea water into fresh water.
One killed and four injured at Turkish explosives factory
A blast at a state-owned explosives factory in Ankara, Turkey, on 24 May has killed one and injur...
Texas chemical plant fire injures 21
A fire at the Kuraray America chemical facility in Pasadena, Texas, US, on 19 May has injured 21 ...
CSB releases final report and video on Arkema fire
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its final report and an updated animation on the ...
Drax will host Europe’s first bioenergy CCS project
DRAX Power Station in Yorkshire, UK, will pilot Europe’s first bioenergy carbon capture and stora...
ExxonMobil sets methane reduction targets
EXXONMOBIL has announced plans to cut methane emissions by 15% and reduce flaring by 25% by 2020.
New oil and gas exploration licences issued for North Sea
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has granted oil and gas exploration licences to 61 companies in its ...
IChemE member honoured by World Economic Forum
IChemE member Rona Chandrawati has been named in the World Economic Forum’s 2018 Young Scientists...
Report warns of significant water shortages for England by 2050
AN Environmental Agency report has warned that leaking pipes, water wastage, population growth, a...
Reducing the environmental impact of palm oil production
NEW technology has been developed that will convert palm oil waste into building materials and bi...
New aluminium smelting process will cut carbon emissions
ALUMINIUM producers Alcoa and Rio Tinto have announced a new joint venture, called Elysis, which ...
Hydrogen produced from surplus renewable energy could be injected into UK gas grid
Northern Gas Networks (NGN) and hydrogen technology specialist ITM Power have completed a feasibi...
BASF CEO says company will not undergo DowDuPont-style split
THE new CEO of BASF, Martin Brudermüller, has said that he will be keeping the company as one ent...
Finalists announced in AkzoNobel Imagine Chemistry challenge
THE 20 finalists for the 2018 Imagine Chemistry challenge have been announced, with winners due t...
DuPont and ADM launch bioplastic pilot plant
DUPONT and ADM have announced the opening of a pilot plant in that will be the world’s first prod...
BASF and Solenis combine paper and water chemicals businesses
BASF has announced that it will combine its paper wet-end and water chemicals business with Solen...
Continuous crystallisation workflow enables high precision manufacturing of pharmaceuticals
A WORKFLOW has been developed that allows for high precision manufacturing of active pharmaceutic...
Successful testing of fission reactor for future space exploration
NASA has demonstrated that its prototype nuclear fission reactor can operate safely and produce t...
Caffeine used as a catalyst to make gels for drug delivery
RESEARCHERS looking for a safe catalyst to use when creating gels for drug delivery have found th...
Finalists announced for carbon capture XPRIZE
TEN finalists have been announced in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE which is incentivising companies...
Water purification using sunlight and hydrogel
A WATER purification method has been developed that uses sunlight along with an inexpensive gel, ...
Printing all-liquid 3D structures
A TEAM of scientists has developed a method to 3D print all-liquid structures which could have ap...
Plastic as a heat conductor
A PLASTIC has been developed that can dissipate heat instead of trapping it, which could be used ...
Engineered enzyme digests plastic
AN EXPERIMENT to study a plastic-eating bacterium accidentally created a mutant enzyme that degra...
Australian coal-to-hydrogen plant will fuel Japan’s green economy
THE AUSTRALIAN government has entered into a partnership with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries t...
BP announces two new North Sea developments
BP has given the green light for the development of two North Sea oil fields worth a combined £42...
Saudi Aramco signs deal with Indian consortium for new refinery
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Saudi Aramco has made an agreement with a consortium of Indian o...
Reopening of UK bioethanol plant could lead to decarbonisation of transport
VIVERGO, the UK’s largest bioethanol plant, has reopened after a four-month shutdown period. Howe...
New Zealand bans future offshore oil and gas exploration
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that no future permits will be awarded fo...
New design of lithium-air battery is step towards next generation of energy storage
A COMPLETE overhaul of the design of the lithium-air battery has led to the development of a prot...
Light-controlled yeast produces biofuel
MODIFIED yeast that use light as a switch to change metabolic pathways have been used to produce ...
New 4D printer can create shape-changing objects
RESEARCHERS have developed a prototype ‘4D’ printer that allows 3D-printed objects to change thei...
Formic acid-based fuel cell developed for hydrogen storage
A FUEL cell has been developed that can store and transport hydrogen using formic acid so that th...
Chemical companies review lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey
AN INDUSTRY forum held in Texas has discussed the response of chemical companies to Hurricane Har...
Keeping proteins active outside of the cell
A METHOD has been developed for keeping proteins functional in non-native environments, which cou...
Explosion at Unipetrol chemical plant in Czech Republic
AN EXPLOSION at a Unipetrol refinery is reported to have killed six people and injured others.
Hybrid cells bridge the gap between biological and artificial cells
LIVING and non-living components have been combined using microfluidics to create a hybrid cell c...
Monitoring tablet production with near-infrared chemical imaging
A STUDY has shown that near-infrared chemical imaging (NIR CI) can be used for monitoring the mix...
New MOF membrane cuts energy use for petrochemical industry
AN ENERGY efficient separation method for propylene and propane has been developed using metal-or...
National Grid report says gas can decarbonise heat, transport, and industry
THE UK’s gas and electricity operator, National Grid, has set out its long-term goals in its repo...
Carbon nanotubes could make carbon-zero fuels cheaper than fossil fuels
A BREAKTHROUGH has been made in the manufacturing of carbon nanotube membranes which will lead to...
IChemE launches forum for members
IChemE has just launched its new online forum, Interface, for members to discuss the organisation...
Siempelkamp develops new process for nuclear decontamination
A PROCESS for the chemical decontamination of nuclear reactor cooling systems has been developed ...
Graphene as a carrier for fertiliser micronutrients
A GRAPHENE-BASED carrier system for delivering micronutrients to crops increases the efficiency o...
Metal-free catalyst for ester synthesis
A METAL-FREE and recyclable catalyst has been developed for synthesising complex esters which cou...
3D printing metal alloys for flexible electronics
RESEARCHERS at Oregon State University have developed a method to 3D-print metal alloys which cou...
UK carbon dioxide emissions fall to same level as 1890
AN ANALYSIS by climate science website Carbon Brief has shown that the UK's carbon dioxide emissi...
Fire safety will be discussed at Hazards Australasia 2018
FIRE safety will be a key topic at IChemE’s process safety conference Hazards Australasia 2018, w...
ABB signs deal with Yitai Group
ABB has signed an agreement with Chinese coal production company Yitai to apply ABB’s technologie...
Trialling hydrogen in the UK gas network
AN ENERGY trial at Keele University, UK, will assess the feasibility of adding hydrogen to the ga...
Green LEGO gets greener
LEGO has announced that plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane will be used in pieces such as...
Toyota magnet cuts need for rare earth elements
TOYOTA has developed a new magnet for electric car motors that requires less neodymium than conve...
Engineering network group launched in Oman
A NEW collaborative engineering network has been launched in Oman with the support of IChemE and ...
DowDuPont announces names for three companies after split
DowDuPont intends to divide into three separate companies in 2019, named Corteva Agriscience, Dow...
ExxonMobil pulls out of deal with Rosneft
EXXONMOBIL is pulling out of its joint venture with Rosneft, Russia's largest oil company, follow...
Europe's first waste-to-chemistry facility provides solution for non-recyclable plastics
A FACILITY that will convert non-recyclable wastes into biofuels and chemicals for industrial use...
Rhyme time for research students
DOCTORAL students were challenged by the University of Bath, UK, to summarise their research in a...
Solar reactor uses storage to produce fuel day and night
A SOLAR reactor has been developed that can store thermal energy to produce fuel around the clock...
Chemical engineering importance highlighted in Brexit summit
FORMER IChemE president Geoffrey Maitland has spoken to MPs about the impact of Brexit on chemica...
Can oil-eating microbes clean up spills in the Arctic?
MICROBES that use oil as a food source offer the only way to degrade oil after a spill, however a...
BP’s crystal ball suggests oil demand plateau and electric car increase
BP has released its annual Energy Outlook report, which suggests a significant increase in the us...
Singapore to introduce carbon tax from 2019
THE Singapore budget has revealed that companies emitting more than 25,000 t/y of greenhouse gase...
Steel furnace reignited after two years
His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, has formally restarted an idle furnace at a Liberty Stee...
LyondellBasell announce plans to acquire A. Schulman
PLASTICS company LyondellBasell has announced that it will merge with A. Schulman as part of a US...
Paris Agreement targets can’t be reached with negative emission technologies
A REPORT has evaluated the potential of negative emission technologies (NETs) in the context of m...
Developing a safe and efficient method for the removal of micropollutants from water
A RESEARCHER at the University of Bath, UK, has been awarded a grant to develop the photocatalysi...
Innovation grant awarded for development of low-cost carbon capture technology
A research and development grant worth almost £900,000 (US$1.3m) has been awarded to a consortium...
New steel and metal research institute for Swansea University
The UK’s Swansea University, in collaboration with Tata Steel, has opened a new Steel and Metal I...
Printed hydrogel makes drug testing more efficient
ENGINEERS have devised a way to make drug testing more efficient and affordable. The new drug dis...
Extracting lithium from water using synthetic membranes
A metal-organic framework (MOF) has been developed that can extract lithium from water, which cou...
Highly efficient ammonia synthesis with new catalyst
A CATALYST has been developed for synthesising ammonia that is around 100 times more efficient th...
New densified wood is as strong as steel
ENGINEERS at the University of Maryland have developed a way to make wood more than ten times str...
Climate alliance seeks more engineering institutions
THE Future Climate-Engineering Solutions (FC-ES) project, of which IChemE is a member, has releas...
Green glycidol pilot plant in the UK
Green Lizard Technologies (GLT) will use dimethyl carbonate and unpurified waste glycerol for env...
Angola to end fuel imports by building refineries
Angola’s state oil company Sonangol has announced plans to reduce the country’s fuel imports by b...
3D printing of living cells using in-air microfluidics
A TECHNIQUE has been developed that allows two fluids to be combined mid-air by using two jets of...
Fission reactor in development for future space travel
A PROTOTYPE nuclear fission reactor is currently being tested as part of NASA’s Kilopower project...
New catalyst for hydrogen production
A CATALYST composed of nickel and iron has been developed that will make the production of hydrog...
Using LEGO bricks for microfluidics
RESEARCHERS at MIT have simplified the process of creating microfluidics prototypes by building t...
