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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
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
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
