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Careers in Chemical Engineering: Jonathan Cable
Yasmin Ali interviews Jonathan Cable to find out more about his path to archiving
Type: Feature
Inside the Alcohol-free Beer Revolution
With the increase of low- and no-alcohol drinkers in the UK, Aniqah Majid investigates how 0% beer is made and whether you can taste the difference
Type: Feature
Keep it All In: How to Bund with Confidence
Kevin Wheeler explains bunding’s vital role and offers a practical summary of issues to consider in bund specification for the water industry
Type: Feature
Speeding up quality control for biologics
Improving testing of drugs made by living cells
Type: News
IChemE's Water SIG needs your help to raise money to fund a clean drinking water project in Cambodia.
Type: Feature
The Signpost to Sustainability
Adam Duckett on the missing elements of the UK’s hydrogen strategy
Type: Feature
Cracks found in feedwater pumps at Finland’s OL3 nuclear plant
CRACKS of a few centimetres have been identified in all four of the feedwater pumps of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR nuclear power plant in Finland, less than a year after the facility attained first criticality.
Type: News
Rio Tinto completes transition of heavy machinery to renewable diesel at US California borax site
RIO Tinto has completed the full transition of heavy machinery from fossil diesel to renewable diesel at its borax operation in Boron, California, US. The mining giant said this is the first open pit mine in the world to achieve this milestone.
Type: News
Two workers at Fukushima nuclear site hospitalised after being splashed with contaminated fluid
TWO contractors are under observation in hospital after they were exposed to contaminated liquid while cleaning pipes in the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) facility, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site.
Type: News
Frank Morton: But Not as We Know It
Annual student sports meet calls on students and sponsors to support new virtual format
Type: Feature
Top Tips for Young Engineers Entering the YEAIS Awards
With IChemE’s Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability (YEAIS) now open for nominations, Adam Duckett asked the judges what top tips they have to share with those looking to throw their hat in the ring
Type: Feature
EPA considers reclassifying vinyl chloride as a high priority substance
THE US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a formal review of how it classifies five toxic chemicals, including vinyl chloride.
Type: News
Aviation emissions predicted to rise until 2040s, despite increasing sustainable fuel alternatives
EMISSIONS from the aviation industry are projected to continue rising despite increased uptake of sustainable fuel alternatives, a new report has found.
Type: News
Pipeline fire near Malaysian petrol station hospitalises 63, damages 190 homes
FIRE AND RESCUE authorities in the Malaysian state of Selangor have confirmed that at least 63 people are being treated in hospital following a pipeline fire.
Type: News
UK bioethanol plant warns of imminent closure after US trade deal
THE UK’s largest bioethanol manufacturing plant will close “in the next few weeks” if it does not receive financial support from the government, its operator has threatened, putting 160 jobs at risk.
Type: News
National Grid report says gas can decarbonise heat, transport, and industry
THE UK’s gas and electricity operator, National Grid, has set out its long-term goals in its report The Future of Gas: How gas can support a low carbon future, concluding that gas will play a crucial role in the coming decades but not without clear policies from the government for decarbonising gas.
Type: News
Study predicts substantial job losses in oil and gas following price collapse
A STUDY examining prospects for activity in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has projected a sharp decrease in medium- and long-term production from 2019–2050. The findings are consistent with substantial job losses and many undeveloped discoveries, said co-author Alex Kemp, Professor of Petroleum Economics at the University of Aberdeen.
Type: News
Tomio Wada – My Grandad the Pocket Calculator
Claudia Flavell-While explores the surprising ancestry of modern electronic gadgets, and how a chemical engineer called Tomio Wada made it all happen
Type: Feature
