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Stanford scientists recreate pain outside the human brain
STANFORD researchers have grown one of the most important neural pain pathways outside the human body – a medical breakthrough which could advance treatments for chronic pain conditions.
Type: News
Malcolm Banks: Safety Technologist
Robots, big data, wearables, and rig-floor automation are being developed for a transformative boost in offshore safety
Type: Feature
Book Review: Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer – Inexpensive Demonstrations and Laboratory Exercises
Edited by William Roy Penney & Edgar C Clausen; ISBN: 9780815374312; CRC Press; 2018; £55.99 (paperback), £48.59 (eBook)
Type: Feature
Saul Griffith with Sam Calisch and Laura Fraser; ISBN: N/A; Publisher: N/A; 2020; Free
Type: Feature
Webinar: Designing effective emission abatement systems
ON 28 April, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar about using data analytics to design the most cost-effective emissions abatement system.
Type: Feature
Two workers die at PetroSA GTL refinery
Unconscious Mossel Bay staff could not be revived
Type: News
BP Clair platform shut down after oil spill
No injuries or evacuations at North Sea platform
Type: News
Amec Foster Wheeler wins gold EPC
AMEC FOSTER WHEELER has won the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in Australia.
Type: News
Consider treating unused desal filters
A BIOFOULING study that has examined colonies of bacteria on membranes suggests desalination plants might benefit from treating new filters before they are installed.
Type: News
Hackitt to lead major UK fire safety review
FORMER IChemE president Dame Judith Hackitt is to lead a major independent inquiry into fire safety and building regulations in the UK, following the huge fire in the Grenfell Tower block in London on 14 June.
Type: News
Notts Uni to reprogramme chemicals production
GREEN chemicals are a focus of a new £200m (US$253m) investment announced by the UK’s University of Nottingham today, as it pledged to tackle global challenges through six new multi-disciplinary research groups.
Type: News
STUNNING 3D images that show the effect of electric fields on ionic winds flowing from a flame could help improve combustion efficiency and reduce pollution, according to researchers.
Type: News
Nanogirl and Transpower CEO top Chemeca 2018 bill
MICHELLE “NANOGIRL” DICKINSON from the University of Auckland and Transpower CEO Alison Andrew will be plenary speakers at leading Australasian chemical engineering conference Chemeca in 2018.
Type: News
Princeton creates instant hydrogel from spaghetti-like fibres
RESEARCHERS at Princeton University have discovered a way to make hydrogel in an instant and chemical-free way by forcing polymer fibres and water through a syringe.
Type: News
Dell turns e-waste gold into jewellery and new boards
COMPUTER technology giant Dell has partnered with Texas recycling company Wistron GreenTech and actress Nikki Reed to use gold from e-waste in a jewellery collection and new motherboards.
Type: News
Genomatica and Aquafil join forces to make bio-based nylon
GENOMATICA is working with nylon-maker Aquafil to produce one of its key feedstocks – caprolactam – from plant-based material, rather than from crude oil.
Type: News
