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Researchers inject vegetables with melatonin using microneedles to extend shelf life
RESEARCHERS from the US and Singapore have developed a method to extend the shelf life of vegetables by injecting them with biodegradable microneedles containing the hormone melatonin.
Type: News
Industry welcomes UK government’s industrial strategy with cautious optimism
INDUSTRY leaders have cautiously welcomed the UK government’s new industrial strategy, which outlines a long-term vision to boost manufacturing, reduce energy costs, and close critical skills gaps.
Type: News
Viewpoint: Why we Should Stop Importing Gas to the UK and Produce it Ourselves
Andrew Jamieson and Geoff Maitland warn that importing gas from Norway instead of developing domestic supplies from the UK North Sea is a serious strategic, economic and employment misstep — and falls short of delivering a just transition to net zero. They argue it also misses the opportunity to exploit the UK’s growing CCUS capability to decarbonise the industrial use of our own gas reserves.
Type: Feature
INWED 2025: Schoolgirls’ confidence mushrooms after YEAIS recognition
Ahead of International Women in Engineering Day, Aniqah Majid spoke to three inspiring A-level students at the Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability about building confidence and the importance of role models
Type: Feature
INWED 2025: Rebuilding Industry with Waste
To mark International Women in Engineering Day, Sam Baker speaks with Krisztina Kovacs-Schreiner about her startup, which transforms waste wood into green building blocks – while also challenging outdated ideas about engineering, equity, and the future of manufacturing
Type: Feature
IChemE training gains official CPD recognition from Board of Engineers Malaysia
THE BOARD of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) has approved eight IChemE training courses for continuing professional development (CPD) hours.
Type: News
UK government commits £200m for Acorn CCS cluster in Scotland
THE ACORN carbon capture and storage (CCS) cluster across Scotland will receive £200m (US$271m) of state funding, the UK government confirmed yesterday following this week’s spending review.
Type: News
Wood awarded US$100m contract to reduce gas flaring in Iraqi oil fields
OIL AND GAS engineering consultancy Wood has been awarded US$100m worth of contracts to design gas flaring reduction systems for oil extraction sites in Iraq.
Type: News
Sellafield failing to address ‘intolerable risks’, damning parliamentary report warns
MANAGEMENT of the Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria, UK is not responding quickly enough to “intolerable risks” at the site posed by ageing assets, a damning new report has warned.
Type: News
Preventing the Next Battery Incident: Rethinking Battery Energy Storage Safety
As battery energy storage systems expand, recent fires and explosions prove compliance isn’t enough. James Close and Edric Bulan say only a layered, system-wide safety approach can meet the risks of thermal runaway and real-world failure
Type: Feature
The Politics of Chemicals: How a Lithium Plant Won Over a Community
Adam Duckett speaks to John McKay, a ward councillor using his engineering experience to help the Basingstoke residents he serves understand the risks of a chemicals plant being built close to their homes
Type: Feature
Sustainability in Action: Three Years of the IChemE Sustainability Hub
Programme director Trish Melton explains how, with IChemE’s support, chemical engineers are building the skills needed for a sustainable future
Type: Feature
Starting Out: A New Age of Nuclear and Fusion
The first in a series from the IChemE National Early Careers Group profiling early career opportunities in different sectors
Type: Feature
Helping Students make the most of IChemE Resources
Chemical engineering students Deborah Olowu and Sofiya Hajaludin spent a year with IChemE working as interns. Here, they share their experiences and outline the wealth of resources available to student members of IChemE
Type: Feature
How Soap was Born: From Mud and Urine to Modern Detergents
Martin Pitt comes clean about the history of soap
Type: Feature
Space Odyssey: From Rocket Engines to Hair Dryers and Back Again
Lolan Naicker explains his unconventional career path to Adam Duckett, from daydreaming in lectures to a £150k win for a lunar water system
Type: Feature
IChemE Virtual Work Experience Already Having a Positive Impact
Victoria Speed looks back on six months of inspiring young people through IChemE’s virtual Engineering a Sustainable World programme
Type: Feature
Inside the Alcohol-free Beer Revolution
With the increase of low- and no-alcohol drinkers in the UK, Aniqah Majid investigates how 0% beer is made and whether you can taste the difference
Type: Feature
Phosphate Rocks Chapter 4: Sulphur
Chapter 4 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
Type: Feature
Equinor resumes construction of 2.1 GW wind project after Trump ban
NORWEGIAN energy giant Equinor has resumed construction of its 2.1 GW wind project in New York after work was suspended by the US government.
Type: News
