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Merck to acquire Prometheus Biosciences for US$10.8bn

MULTINATIONAL pharmaceutical company Merck will buy Prometheus Biosciences for about US$10.8bn, a move the firm said would help accelerate its growing presence in immunology.

Type: News

BP sells Alaska business to Hilcorp for US$5.6bn

BP is selling its entire Alaska business to energy company Hilcorp for US$5.6bn, including its share of the prolific Prudhoe Bay. The sale is part of BP’s wider efforts to reconfigure its portfolio including plans to sell assets worth US$10bn.

Type: News

Dominion Energy and SCANA merge in US$14.6bn deal

DOMINION ENERGY and fellow energy corporation SCANA have announced that they are to combine in an all-stock merger worth US$14.6bn, including debt.

Type: News

Communication troubles are holding back UK biotech

ENGINEERING biology must learn to communicate better if the breakout discipline is to achieve its potential for “explosive growth”, says the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Type: News

End of the Road for Wythenshawe Test Rig

How the UK’s least known nuclear facility has played a key part in keeping the lights on

Type: Feature

14 partners join CO2-to-plastic consortium

COVESTRO is leading a consortium of 14 European partners from seven countries in a new project to investigate using flue gas from the steel industry to produce plastics.

Type: News

COP23: Evidence-based climate change solutions needed

SPEAKERS at an IChemE-hosted event at the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, have called for evidence-based solutions to achieve global carbon targets.

Type: News

One killed in US metals plant explosion

ONE person has died and at least a dozen others were injured in an explosion at a metals plant in Ohio, US.

Type: News

BASF to sell pigments business for US$1.3bn

BASF is to sell its global pigments business to fine chemicals company DIC for €1.15bn (US$1.3bn). The business achieved about €1bn in sales last year.

Type: News

Partners to develop and commercialise polysaccharide technology

DUPONT Nutrition & Biosciences and global chemicals company Kemira have partnered to develop and commercialese DuPont’s technology for producing engineered polysaccharides.

Type: News

Experts join forces to push hydrogen production from nuclear energy

THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is developing a roadmap for the commercial production of hydrogen using nuclear energy.

Type: News

Book Review: 50 Essentials on Science Communication

An excellent introduction to a topic that is quickly becoming a field of its own, says Yasmin Ali

Type: Feature

Pipeline fire near Malaysian petrol station hospitalises 63, damages 190 homes

FIRE AND RESCUE authorities in the Malaysian state of Selangor have confirmed that at least 63 people are being treated in hospital following a pipeline fire.

Type: News

Curbing Carbon Emissions with Green Methanol

Carbon Recycling International (CRI) has pioneered a process to transform CO2 emissions into methanol by direct hydrogenation of captured CO2. It now plans to deploy its technology at commercial scale and help curb emissions from the chemicals sector

Type: Feature

The Rum Diary

Bringing multi-product distilling to Australia

Type: Feature

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 joint venture for development in the Permian Basin.

Type: News

Explosion at BP refinery in the US kills two

TWO workers have died after sustaining injuries in a fire at a BP-operated refinery in Toledo, Ohio, in the US. It occurred on 20 September.

Type: News

Call and Response

Adam Duckett on member feedback

Type: Feature

Cheap paper sensor detects water impurities

A MULTIDISCIPINARY research team from the University of Bath, UK, has developed a cheap, sustainable paper-based sensor to detect toxic components in drinking water.

Type: News

Clariant partners with ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group

Clariant has partnered with ExxonMobil and the biofuel firm Renewable Energy Group (REG) to develop a seamless cellulosic biomass-to-diesel process.

Type: News