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Ban the Steam Engine and Build Ten Hinkleys
As products improve and prices fall, the take-up of petrol-electric hybrids and 'pure' electric vehicles (EVs) might come much sooner. Today’s ‘conventionals’ will become obsolete long before they’re banned.
Type: Feature
Industrial Cyber Attacks on the Rise
Adam Duckett discusses the rising threat of cyber attacks
Type: Feature
First Hull chemeng master’s students graduate
Course continues to grow with 120 expected in 2016
Type: News
Engineering a Future Without PFAS: The Path to Sustainable Alternatives
The shift from PFAS is both a regulatory need and an opportunity for industries to lead in sustainability. Environmental scientists from Stockholm University argue that engineers will be crucial in developing PFAS-free solutions that maintain performance and safety
Type: Feature
Book Review: Petroleum Refining, Design and Applications Handbook
A Kayode Coker; ISBN: 9781118233696; Wiley-Scrivener; 2018; eBook £200.99; Hardcover, £223.00
Type: Feature
Learned society responds to Covid-19
It is a key part of our professional engineering responsibility that we use our skills and expertise to support challenges such as tackling the Covid-19 pandemic where we can. So, it is very encouraging that volunteers have come together to form IChemE’s Covid-19 Response Team
Type: Feature
‘Green’ high-tech dye synthesis
RESEARCHERS at TU Wien, Austria, have discovered a novel, highly efficient, ‘green’ method of synthesising organic dyes, that are of great interest to organic electronics.
Type: News
Novel method for creating sequence-defined polymers
RESEARCHERS at Imperial College London, UK have developed a new class of multifunctional sequence-defined polymers. The polymers were created using a novel, universal method of synthesis which enabled full control over the final polymer sequence.
Type: News
Novel powder could cut CO2 emissions
RESEARCHERS at the University of Waterloo, Canada, have created a novel advanced ultramicroporous carbon powder that could be used to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from industry.
Type: News
Report identifies challenges towards a plastics circular economy
THE European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) has released a report identifying challenges and potential solutions to meeting the EU’s plans to have all plastic packaging recycled or reused by 2030.
Type: News
A step towards closing the carbon loop
RESEARCHERS at the University of Toronto (UoT), Canada have developed a novel electrochemical pathway to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products, such as jet fuel and plastics. It could significantly improve the economics of direct-air capture (DAC) of CO2.
Type: News
Food, fuel and drug supplies at no-deal Brexit risk, Government warns
THE UK Government has warned in a document it has been forced to disclose that a no-deal Brexit could result in disruptions to food, fuel and drug supplies; though water companies are well prepared.
Type: News
UK launches vaccine taskforce to co-ordinate scaleup
THE UK Government has today announced the formation of a new taskforce that will help prepare the country to manufacture a vaccine at scale for Covid-19.
Type: News
IChemE pays tribute to Royal Patron Prince Philip
ICHEME has paid tribute to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and his time as Royal Patron of the Institution.
Type: News
IChemE sets out priority topics to 2024
ICHEME has identified three priority topics and published Learned Society Priority Topics to 2024, which sets out how the Institution will address these focus areas over the coming years.
Type: News
David Bogle elected as IChemE’s 81st President
DAVID Bogle has been elected as IChemE’s President for 2022/3. The news comes as IChemE announced the names of the candidates who have been elected to roles on the Board of Trustees, Congress, and the Learned Society Committee.
Type: News
Adam Duckett on why solving the world’s grand challenges needs even grander vision – and how you can contribute
Type: Feature
Abu Dhabi outlines US$45bn plan to become key downstream chemicals player
IN a bid to diversify its economy away from oil production, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) plans to invest US$45bn expanding its Ruwais refining and petrochemicals complex, and develop new downstream chemicals sites.
Type: News
Noor Al-Rifai and Rene Holm look at the use of nanosuspensions as long-acting injectables
Type: Feature
