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Research community doubts UK’s 'science superpower' ambition as BEIS returns £1.6bn Horizon funding

THE UK’s research community is questioning government’s commitment to making the nation a “science superpower” after it was revealed that £1.6bn (US$1.9bn) earmarked to fund association with Europe’s Horizon programme had been returned to Treasury coffers.

Type: News

UK government unveils £14.6bn alternative to Horizon Europe funding programme

THE UK government has published its “Pioneer” programme, a long-term strategy to support research and innovation in the UK should talks with the EU surrounding membership with the Horizon Europe scheme end in failure

Type: News

Imerys and British Lithium to develop UK’s largest lithium deposit while Norway’s Norge Mining makes major phosphate discovery

FRENCH multinational firm, Imerys, has teamed up with extraction company British Lithium to become the UK’s first integrated producer of battery-grade lithium carbonate, a key component in electric cars.

Type: News

‘Colossal relief’ as UK rejoins EU science research scheme Horizon

AFTER years of negotiations and uncertainty, the scientific and academic community now have cause to rejoice following news that the UK is to rejoin the EU's flagship scientific research scheme, Horizon.

Type: News

Hull industry figures back UK bioethanol plant’s call for government support

INDUSTRY figures in Hull, UK have issued a joint statement backing Vivergo Fuels’ pleas for government support, as possible closure of the country’s largest bioethanol plant draws nearer.

Type: News

IChemE Matters – November 2023

Nigel Hirst on the merits of mentoring; Allyson Woodford previews Chemeca 2023 and readers respond to UK climate policy shift

Type: News

E. coli engineered to make serine

Useful for detergents, cosmetics, biochemicals

Type: News

New way to spin artificial silk

Water streams cause fibrils to stick together

Type: News

Planetary dust has 3D-printing potential

May provide building blocks for future settlements

Type: News

Trump aims to lift offshore drilling bans

Executive order signed despite low oil demand

Type: News

Geoffrey Hewitt: 1934–2019

GEOFFREY (“Geoff”) Hewitt, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, passed away peacefully on 18 January 2019.

Type: News

We Only Get Them When We’re Good!

In the fifth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to society, Tony Ginsberg shares the joy and shared benefits of volunteering to support science and maths classes at a local primary school

Type: Feature

How to Build a Retina

Chemical synthesis of a retina, and how it can ‘see’ the world around it

Type: Feature

Iron ore prices set for major fall

Australian government expects wider earnings climb

Type: News

Air Products bids for China gas leader

Deal would strengthen position in key growth market

Type: News

UK invests £229m in research centres

Continues strategy to strengthen UK science

Type: News

Imperial Oil plans C$2bn cold lake project

Expansion project can cut CO2 emissions & water use

Type: News

ChemChina, Saudi Aramco, NICDP sign MoU

Deal to explore chemical investments in Saudi Arabia

Type: News

Living cartilage tissue 3D-printed

Bio-inks breakthrough in osteoarthritis treatment

Type: News