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Flixborough 50 Years On: Reader Feedback
To finish the series of articles we’ve published this year for the 40th anniversary of the Flixborough disaster, we asked the TCE Reader Feedback Panel for their insights on how well safety is being managed, and what fresh fears they face
Type: Feature
Coca-Cola recalls drinks in UK due to chlorate contamination
COCA-COLA has recalled some drinks from UK retailers after discovering higher than normal levels of chlorate in products from its bottling facility in Ghent, Belgium.
Type: News
Berkeley researchers use AI and 19th century maps to find lost oil and gas wells
RESEARCHERS at the Berkeley National Laboratory in California have created a tool that uses artificial intelligence to find undocumented oil and gas wells across the US.
Type: News
Pioneering UK engineering university celebrates first graduates
AN ENGINEERING university in Hereford which teaches without the need for lectures or exams has celebrated the graduation of its first class of “work-ready” engineers.
Type: News
Three dead following blast at biofuels plant in Nebraska
THREE people, including two young girls, died as a result of an explosion at a biofuels plant on Tuesday in Fremont, Nebraska, US.
Type: News
After the spill: an introduction to the series
Adam Duckett, Editor of The Chemical Engineer, introduces a series looking at Deepwater Horizon on its ten-year anniversary
Type: Feature
Brexit: Thomas Swan urges businesses to get ready for 1 January
CHEMICALS manufacturer Thomas Swan is urging businesses to act now to be ready for new trading rules between the UK and EU.
Type: Feature
The Chemical Industry’s Balancing Act
Lars Krause and Michael Carus discuss crediting the value of bio- and CO2-based and recycled materials: the mass balance approach
Type: Feature
Three IChemE Fellows elected RAEng Fellows
THREE IChemE Fellows, Joan Cordiner, Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Dame Angela Strank have been elected Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).
Type: News
Cutting long-lived nuclear waste
THE half-life of nuclear fission products could be reduced from hundreds of thousands of years to less than 100 years, according to a team of Japanese researchers.
Type: News
MIT turns living plants into desk lamps
CHEMICAL ENGINEERS at MIT have engineered a living plant to emit green light, with the eventual hope of creating living, self-repairing, sustainable lighting solutions, like desk lamps.
Type: News
3D printing metal alloys for flexible electronics
RESEARCHERS at Oregon State University have developed a method to 3D-print metal alloys which could be used to make flexible electronics.
Type: News
Queen honours Rose Amal, David Hind, Graham Hutchings and Jim Ratcliffe
THE QUEEN has awarded birthday honours to four members of IChemE: Rose Amal, David Hind, Graham Hutchings and Jim Ratcliffe.
Type: News
Avantium commercialising PEF production
CHEMICALS company Avantium is commercialising production of polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a 100% renewable and fully recyclable polymer.
Type: News
Understanding localised corrosion of steel pipes
LOCALISED corrosion can cause failures in steel pipes used in the oil and gas industry, but new research which advances understanding of nanoscale corrosion could lead to more robust steel pipes.
Type: News
No-deal Brexit could close two UK refineries, leaked report warns
TWO UK refineries could close if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, a leaked government report has warned.
Type: News
UK Prime Minister promises funding for CCS and R&D
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised £800m (US$1.03bn) in funding for CCS along with doubling research and development funding to £18bn.
Type: News
Stretchable battery for wearable electronics
RESEARCHERS at Stanford University, US have developed a soft and stretchable battery that could be used to power wearable electronics. They claim it is one of the first demonstrations of an intrinsically stretchable lithium-ion battery.
Type: News
COP26 delayed a year until November 2021
THE COP26 climate change summit has been delayed for a full year until November 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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
