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Making polysulfates and polysulfonates
RESEARCHERS using so-called “click chemistry” say they have developed a fast, easy way to make sulfur-containing polymers that could lower the cost of large-scale production.
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DowDuPont revises split plans following merger
DOWDUPONT has revised its plans to split into three divisions following its merger and will change which businesses end up in which company.
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Climeworks opens direct air capture plant in Iceland
CLIMEWORKS has opened a new plant in collaboration with Reykjavik Energy in Iceland to capture CO2 from ambient air and store it permanently underground as minerals in basalt rock formations.
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Eni and Shell to face Nigeria bribery charges
AN Italian judge has ruled that Shell and Eni must face charges of aggravated international corruption over their purchase of the OPL 245 oil block in Nigeria.
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Aurora solar thermal plant approved in South Australia
GLOBAL solar energy company SolarReserve has announced that it has received developmental approval for its 150 MW Aurora thermal solar plant in South Australia, the largest of its kind in the world.
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Green steel process given go ahead for testing at pilot scale
AN INDUSTRIAL consortium in Sweden will build a pilot plant to test a steel production process that emits water rather than CO2.
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New design of lithium-air battery is step towards next generation of energy storage
A COMPLETE overhaul of the design of the lithium-air battery has led to the development of a prototype that can function for hundreds of charging cycles using air, as opposed to pure oxygen.
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Drax will host Europe’s first bioenergy CCS project
DRAX Power Station in Yorkshire, UK, will pilot Europe’s first bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project by capturing carbon produced via biomass combustion.
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Bloomberg hosts second London sustainability summit
THROUGHOUT history, industries have either fought change or embraced it. Now, with the global threat posed by current unsustainable practices it is important that industry takes action. The Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit brought together global business experts to discuss how they are embracing change towards a more sustainable future.
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Threads that change colour in response to certain gases
A NEW method for dying threads could be used to create smart clothing that changes colour in the presence of potentially harmful gases.
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UK will increase R&D spending to OECD average
THE UK has pledged to increase R&D spending to 2.4% by 2027, bringing the country in line with the OECD average.
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ENGIE to supply Heathrow Airport with ‘green gas’
ENERGY and services company ENGIE is to supply ‘green gas’ to Heathrow Airport, the major international airport in London, UK. 100% green biomethane, produced by anaerobic digestion, is to replace natural gas at all meter points across the airport’s terminals until March 2022.
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Woodside CEO: Browse project could get carbon capture from day one
WOODSIDE says it will add a carbon capture project to its Browse gas project off the coast of Western Australia in response to environmental concerns.
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UK Government warned against plastic lobbyist efforts during the coronavirus crisis
MORE than 20 scientists, campaigners, and politicians have signed a letter in which they warned the UK Government against lobbyist attempts to block new laws on plastic pollution as the world copes with the coronavirus. They expressed concerns about ill-founded beliefs that plastic can serve as a “weapon” against coronavirus.
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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.
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Drax scraps plan for new gas-fired power plant
DRAX has decided to abandon a controversial plan to build Europe’s biggest gas-fired power plant, in North Yorkshire, UK.
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UK launches new high-risk research funding agency
THE UK Government has launched a new scientific research agency to fund high-risk, high-reward research.
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BioNTech expects 2.5bn Covid-19 vaccines in 2021
BioNTech expects to expand manufacturing capacity for the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine to up to 2.5bn doses by the end of 2021.
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AstraZeneca invests and collaborates for therapeutics platform
ASTRAZENECA and Imperial College London spinoff VaxEquity have agreed to collaborate for the discovery, development, and commercialisation of a proprietary saRNA therapeutics platform developed at the university. The pharmaceutical company has also invested in VaxEquity.
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