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The Pharmaceutical Industry: Engineering Frustrations
Hedley Rees and Keith Plumb discuss how current methods of drug development are impeding engineers, and suggest a new model to provide patients greater access to medicines
Type: Feature
Oils & Fats: Essential Engineering
Qua Kiat Seng charts the evolution of vegetable oil production
Type: Feature
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order for the country to rejoin the Paris Agreement, along with other orders intended to confront the climate crisis and attempt to “undo the damage” of the last four years.
Type: News
Modular nuclear plan put forward for Wylfa
SMALL modular nuclear reactors (SMR) could be twinned with wind power, in a project that has been proposed for Wylfa, Anglesey in the UK.
Type: News
Shell resumes production at massive floating LNG plant
SHELL has resumed production of LNG from its huge floating processing plant – Prelude – following a series of project setbacks that halted output for almost a year.
Type: News
CureVac joins forces with Bayer to speed up supply of Covid-19 vaccine
CUREVAC has agreed to work with Bayer to accelerate the development and supply of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.
Type: News
Bagshaw awarded CBE in New Year Honours
STEVE Bagshaw, a Fellow of IChemE, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List for his services to UK industry
Type: News
AstraZeneca buys Alexion for US$39bn
ASTRAZENECA has agreed to buy US biotech firm Alexion for US$39bn in a move that will expand its foothold in immunology treatments.
Type: News
Worker dies in US chemical plant explosion
AN explosion at a chemical facility in Belle, West Virginia, US has killed one worker and injured three people.
Type: News
Calculating a Path to Net Zero
A chemical engineer working for the UK Government introduces two online net zero calculators that have been launched to aid public understanding and engagement
Type: Feature
Ian Scott discusses the development of the waste-burning stable salt reactor (SSR)
Type: Feature
Fire at Texas oil storage tank injures seven
SEVEN contractors were injured after a fire and explosion occurred at a crude oil storage tank in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Type: News
UK strengthens 2030 climate goals
THE UK Government has announced that it intends to cut emissions by 68% from 1990 levels by 2030, as part of its updated Paris Agreement pledge.
Type: News
UK funding to help SMR programme advance
RECENT funding, announced as part of the UK’s ten-point plan for an industrial revolution, will help UK SMR, a consortium for small modular reactor (SMR) development, as it works to build 16 SMR power stations to boost green economic recovery. The effort is expected to create 40,000 jobs over the next 15 years.
Type: News
IChemE publishes position on climate change, committing to net zero
ICHEME has published its position statement on climate change, committing to collaborate in the global push to a net zero future including for its own operations by 2025.
Type: News
Climate Change, Equity and Mitigation
How unpopular but necessary technological solutions and shifts can be deployed to meet head-on the growing challenge of climate change mitigation and equity
Type: Feature
WSP to advise on HyNet North West
CONSULTANCY WSP has been appointed as an advisory service for HyNet North West’s CO2 pipeline.
Type: News
CPD Requirements are Changing – Are You Ready?
Alan Harper of IChemE’s Professional Formation Forum urges members to prepare for mandated CPD audits
Type: Feature
Zainuddin Manan describes routes to increasing graduates’ employability
Type: Feature
