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Making chemicals from algal biomass waste
Residue from oil extraction could be just as useful
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Style Guide: Tune Your Communication for Better Results
Professional skills for chemical engineers. This month, we look at communication.
Type: Feature
Managing vaccine manufacture scaleup
Withthe UK Government having announced the formation of a new taskforce that will help prepare the country to manufacture a vaccine at scale for Covid-19, we caught up with biochemical engineer Adam Hawthorne to discuss the expected challenges.
Type: Feature
Colour-changing fibres indicate pressure in compression bandages
FIBRES that change colour when stretched have been integrated into compression bandages, which will allow the correct pressure to be applied to injuries.
Type: News
ENGINEERS at Rice University, US, in conjunction with Shell Global Solutions, have developed magnetic nanoparticles capable of removing the last drops of crude oil from produced water.
Type: News
IChemE announces results of Congress elections
IChemE has announced the names of 32 volunteers who have been elected to the new member advisory body.
Type: News
GO dough: transforming graphene oxide
RESEARCHERS have developed a method to turn graphene oxide into a mouldable dough, making it safer to transport and easier to work with.
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ExxonMobil plant explosion injures 37
ON 31 July an explosion and subsequent fire broke out at an ExxonMobil plant in Baytown, Harris County, Texas injuring 37 people, reports local news media site Click 2 Houston.
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GSK efforts against coronavirus include US$10m to response fund
BRITISH multinational pharma company GSK is helping to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, including via a US$10m donation to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The fund was created by the UN Foundation, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, and the World Health Organization (WHO) to support WHO and its partners in preventing, detecting, and managing the coronavirus pandemic.
Type: News
UK launches vaccine taskforce to co-ordinate scaleup
THE UK Government has today announced the formation of a new taskforce that will help prepare the country to manufacture a vaccine at scale for Covid-19.
Type: News
10 dead after chemicals factory explosion in India
10 workers have now died following an explosion on 3 June, at a chemicals factory in India, reports news agency The Indian Express. Reportedly, more than 70 others were injured.
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Bayer pays US$10bn to settle Roundup cancer lawsuits
BAYER has announced a US$10bn settlement for thousands of lawsuits claiming that that its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer.
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INEOS donates £100m to antimicrobial research
CHEMICAL company INEOS has donated £100m (US$136.8m) to the University of Oxford, UK for a new, state-of-the-art institute that will conduct antimicrobial research to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial drug resistance.
Type: News
Obituary of David Wood, international statesman of the chemical engineering profession and first President of the World Chemical Engineering Council
Type: News
Sustainable Business Decisions
Paul Hodges discusses the challenges that companies should consider on the path to a sustainable future
Type: Feature
Scottish researchers explore novel PET recycling approach to produce pharmaceuticals
IN WHAT they believe to be a world first, Scottish researchers are exploring whether it is feasible to use plastic waste from industry to manufacture pharmaceuticals for neurological diseases.
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