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IChemE Launches BioFutures Report
Daniel Firth reports on the findings and recommendations of the BioFutures programme
Type: Feature
Cambridge opens industry collaboration centre
Aims to turn blue skies research into products
Type: News
Jane Cutler, IChemE’s newly-elected Deputy President, talks to Adam Duckett
Type: Feature
Chemical engineers talk fire safety
FIRE safety is important to all of us, both in residential buildings and on industrial sites, and chemical engineers are well suited to assessing fire safety by applying systems thinking and a risk-based approach. Two chemical engineers, Dame Judith Hackitt and Erin Johnson, have applied those skills to buildings safety, by compiling reports for the UK parliament.
Type: News
Novel particles for photocatalytic water treatment
RESEARCHERS at Rice University, US, have developed novel micrometre-sized, titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles that can trap and degrade bisphenol A (BPA). Further development could lead to a novel water treatment.
Type: News
Novel ‘organ-on-a-chip’ device
RESEARCHERS led by the University of Cambridge, UK have developed a three-dimensional (3D) ‘organ-on-a-chip’ which enables real-time continuous monitoring of cells. The device could allow scientists to develop new treatments for disease and reduce the use of animal models.
Type: News
Wylfa suspension could lead to a UK energy crisis
HITACHI has announced the decision to suspend indefinitely its UK nuclear power station construction project Wylfa Newydd, on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Experts have warned that this could lead to a UK energy crisis.
Type: News
Policies essential for hydrogen to reduce global emissions, says BNEF
NET-ZERO goals and policies are needed to allow hydrogen to help address hard-to-abate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduce global emissions by up to a third, according to global study and research company BloombergNEF (BNEF).
Type: News
Attention turns to vaccine production following successful trials
FOLLOWING three highly-encouraging Covid-19 vaccine trials, the light at the end of the tunnel suddenly appears brighter and closer. As efforts get underway to manufacture and deliver vaccines across the world, attention now turns to a spiderweb of supply chains, bottleneck threats, and cold-chain challenges.
Type: News
Process Patents: Are They Worth It?
What protection does a process patent provide? And how easy are they to enforce?
Type: Feature
Report: Take whole systems approach to hydrogen economy
ENGINEERS have advised the UK Government that it must push for a rapid scaleup of low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure to meet its net zero targets and has warned it must adopt a “whole system” approach to manage the risks and interdependencies that stand in the way of success.
Type: News
Experts gathered to discuss new safety challenges for a sustainable era. Kerry Hebden reports
Type: Feature
Early innovations from the food and drinks industry have done much to influence other industries and sectors. Martin Pitt thinks about it over a breakfast of cereal with cold milk and sugar
Type: Feature
Viewpoint: Heating Homes with Hydrogen – a Hazard that Should be Avoided
Tom Baxter’s TCE article “Home Hydrogen: Is it Safe?” generated a lot of interest from the chemeng community. Little did he suspect it would see him on stage at Ellesmere Port Civic Hall taking part in a heated public debate on the subject, a result of nearby Whitby being selected for a domestic hydrogen trial
Type: Feature
Grangemouth set to cease refining operations as ‘major questions’ asked
GRANGEMOUTH refinery in Scotland could cease operations in 2025 and become a fuel import terminal or biorefinery, its owner Petroineos has announced, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
Type: News
IChemE Matters: Nominations sought for IChemE’s Board of Trustees and Congress
With the start of the 2024 election cycle nearly upon us, we will soon be seeking nominations for volunteers willing to get involved in two important bodies: The Board of Trustees and Congress
Type: Feature
Oil Change: Using Microbes to Produce Edible Oils
With the food system threatening to crumble under the weight of a growing population, Chris Chuck believes his alternative oil production technology can take some of the strain
Type: Feature
UK government’s energy market reforms overshadowed by call to build new gas power stations
ENGINEERS are pushing the UK government to do more to support CCUS and hydrogen following its highly politicised spin about the need to build new gas plants that overshadowed a much wider package of energy market reforms.
Type: News
