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Engineers say artificial reefs could filter microplastics from the sea
WHAT if we could build artificial coral reefs to filter microplastics from the sea? That’s a possibility put forward by engineers in Canada who have been looking at how living reefs are becoming clogged with plastic pollution.
Type: News
Dow to close chemicals plant in Wales
DOW is closing its basic siloxanes plant in Barry, Wales which will lead to the loss of 220 jobs.
Type: News
Improving Health Outcomes Across the Scale
Adam Duckett on opportunities to improve health
Type: Feature
Built Environment: A Plant-Based Alternative
What if autonomous vehicles could safely transport containers of raw materials around our production plants? John Barratt discusses how an established tracking system used in TV and movies is being adapted for the process industries.
Type: Feature
Microsoft strikes US$3bn deal to source AI power from retired nuclear plant
MICROSOFT has struck a 20-year deal worth US$3bn with American energy company Constellation to source power from its retired nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, bringing it back online after a five-year shutdown.
Type: News
INEOS announces further German plant closures months after European chemicals plan published
INEOS has announced plans to shut down its allyls and chlorine production plants in Rheinberg, Germany, marking its latest move in an ongoing pushback against European energy policy.
Type: News
Japan: Taking a Lead in Hydrogen
Japan has identified hydrogen as the answer to the energy problem, both for transportation and in power generation.
Type: Feature
The limited lifespans of wind turbines and solar panels mean many of the vital materials involved in their manufacture are often lost to landfill. Amanda Jasi talked to the innovative companies striving to ensure renewables are renewable
Type: Feature
Developing a low-cost smartphone app to help craft beer breweries and homebrewers monitor and control key process variables
Type: Feature
Recycling Technologies signs agreement for first European site
SPECIALIST plastic recycling technology provider Recycling Technologies has signed an agreement with Brightlands Chemelot Campus, the Netherlands, to build its first European site within the campus. This will position the plant at one of the largest research and industrial sites in Europe.
Type: News
Partnership to accelerate net zero energy transition
SHELL and energy technology company Baker Hughes have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate the global energy transition by helping each other to achieve net zero commitments and advance solutions to decarbonise energy and industry.
Type: News
University of Leeds facility to accelerate new-era nuclear research in the UK
NUCLEAR researchers and scientists in the UK will have access to a new “cutting-edge” facility at the University of Leeds, which is looking to address some of the biggest challenges in commercialising nuclear power.
Type: News
Solvay starts rare earths production but future expansion relies on manufacturers buying local
SOLVAY has expanded production of European rare earths and said customers must now buy local before it invests any further to help the EU reduce its reliance on China
Type: News
Blast at Iranian port kills at least 65
INVESTIGATIONS are underway into an explosion at a port in Iran that killed at least 65 people and injured more than a thousand.
Type: News
Novel modelling technology enhances safety predictions for underground nuclear waste storage
SIMULATIVE modelling technology has been developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study how radioactive nuclear waste can be stored safely underground.
Type: News
Partnership to convert landfill waste into hydrogen for transport
RENEWABLE fuels company Raven SR has entered into an agreement with a Republic Services sanitary landfill in Northern California to convert organic waste into hydrogen that can be sold at commercial fuel stations.
Type: News
De Rivaz: Diversity, collaboration and adaptation vital for engineering
THE engineering profession will need to adapt to an ever-changing world in the coming years, and at the centre of its transformation will be diversity and collaboration, according to former EDF Energy CEO Vincent de Rivaz.
Type: News
IChemE President Stephen Richardson talks to Adam Duckett about his ambitions for IChemE
Type: Feature
