Rolls-Royce SMRs to be built in north Wales, generating 1.4 GW for UK electricity grid
THE UK’s first small modular reactors (SMRs) are set to be built at Wylfa in north Wales, with a ...
News
Latest News
RSC urges government to stop PFAS polluters ‘getting off the hook’ following London coffee controversy
THE UK government has been urged to make industrial polluters pay for PFAS remediation in waterwa...
US commits US$100m to modernise ageing coal plants amid rising power demand
THE US government has announced a US$100m investment to refurbish and modernise the country’s exi...
US government closes on US$1.5bn loan for Indiana coal-fed ammonia plant with carbon capture
THE US Department of Energy (DOE) has finalised a US$1.5bn loan to support construction of a coal...
UK’s first large-scale plastic film recycling centre to be built in Darlington
A FORMER bridge engineering works in Darlington has been earmarked for the installation of large-...
MIT researchers develop microscopic implants to treat brain inflammation
MIT RESEARCHERS have developed a hybrid technology to treat a range of neurological and brain-rel...
Industry
Rolls-Royce SMRs to be built in north Wales, generating 1.4 GW for UK electricity grid
THE UK’s first small modular reactors (SMRs) are set to be built at Wylfa in north Wales, with a ...
RSC urges government to stop PFAS polluters ‘getting off the hook’ following London coffee controversy
THE UK government has been urged to make industrial polluters pay for PFAS remediation in waterwa...
US government closes on US$1.5bn loan for Indiana coal-fed ammonia plant with carbon capture
THE US Department of Energy (DOE) has finalised a US$1.5bn loan to support construction of a coal...
Process
Cleantech develop kiln for limestone-based direct air capture
A CARBON removal company based in the US and UK has harnessed the “natural chemistry of limestone...
US and UK companies join forces to develop maritime carbon capture technology
A BREAKTHROUGH shipboard system developed by US firm STAX Engineering and UK climate tech Seaboun...
McVitie’s owner invests £68m to reduce CO2 emissions
SNACK giant Pladis, which owns some of the UK’s most popular food brands, including McVitie’s and...
IChemE
Less talk, more action: Glassey sets out agenda after appointment as EFCE president
INCOMING European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE) president Jarka Glassey is calling for ...
TCE Advances 2025 live blog
TCE is reporting live in Manchester for the Advances in the Digitalisation of the Process Industr...
Hydrogen ambitions meet real-world challenges at IChemE All Ireland Member Group workshop
IRELAND faces significant challenges before low-carbon “green” hydrogen can be integrated into it...
Research & Development
MIT researchers develop microscopic implants to treat brain inflammation
MIT RESEARCHERS have developed a hybrid technology to treat a range of neurological and brain-rel...
MIT researchers develop method to purify gene therapies ten times more quickly than current process
RESEARCHERS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method to purify gene...
Cambridge startup takes age-halting therapy to space
A CAMBRIDGE-BASED biotech is taking its anti-ageing therapy to space, aiming to fast-track the de...
Policy
Net zero shipping deal tanks following Trump attacks
A LANDMARK plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in global shipping has been delayed by a year aft...
“Abject failure” as plastic treaty collapses
EFFORTS to agree a global treaty to end plastic pollution have once again collapsed – this time i...
UK sets out 300-year nuclear waste strategy
THE UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has relaunched its clean-up strategy for the count...
Risk & Safety
South Korea power station collapse kills three
THREE workers have died following the collapse of a boiler tower at an end-of-life power station ...
No survivors from blast at Tennessee explosives site
A DEADLY explosion at an ammunition and explosives processing facility in Tennessee, US has claim...
‘Critical deficiencies’ led to near-fatal ammonia release at Virginia food processing plant, CSB finds
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued its final report into a near-fatal ammonia release ...
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