The Medium that Made the Modern World: Part 2: Paper as Money and More
Paper was more than just a means of spreading words, writes Martin Pitt. It was an enabling techn...
Features - Materials
Bottling it at the World Cup
World Cup kits may use 100% recycled polyester but questions remain over how sustainable the mate...
Engineering the Perfect Pitch
As 48 countries gear up for a summer of football fever, Sam Baker explores the engineering and ma...
The Medium that Made the Modern World: Part 1: Read All About It
In the first of a four-part series, Martin Pitt examines how paper’s journey from ancient China t...
Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud Part 2: Different Clays and Different Ways
Martin Pitt continues the story of how clay made modern civilisation
Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud Part 1: Mud Huts to Modern Days
Martin Pitt describes how clay transformed human history
Engineering a Circular Future: Can Plastics Be Made Sustainable?
From carbon to cracking, the chemicals industry is seeking a net-zero solution to plastics. Sam...
Chemical Recycling of PVC: From Laboratory Promise to Industrial Reality
Rajendra Gupta explores why PVC’s chlorine-rich chemistry makes recycling uniquely difficult – an...
Old King Coal Part 5: Coal Medicines
In the final part of the series, Martin Pitt reveals how coal-tar chemistry led to the first synt...
ChemEng History Quiz
As the year draws to a close, it’s time to test your chemical engineering memory and historical k...
Old King Coal Part 4: Coal Colours
Martin Pitt continues his series on coal, exploring how tar gave rise to the world’s first synthe...
Old King Coal Part 3: Coal Chemicals
Martin Pitt looks at how once-discarded byproducts fuelled revolutions in fuels, antiseptics, pla...
Old King Coal Part 2: Coal Gases
Martin Pitt continues his series on the history of coal, looking at coal gas, balloons and the fu...
Old King Coal Part 1: Coal Fuel
In this new series, Martin Pitt outlines coal’s historic place, first as the basis for solid fuel...
Closing the Loop: A Circular Economy Approach to Critical Mineral Sustainability
Michael Akindeju explores key circular economy strategies to reduce reliance on virgin resource e...
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