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Food & Water: Water from Unconventional Resources

With clean water scarcity a major problem, Kerry Hebden looks at unconventional options for obtaining water that range from fog harvesting to iceberg towing.

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Microbes, Microwaves, and Mixes: Eco-friendly Plastics Solutions

Amanda Jasi speaks to innovators striving to improve plastics sustainability and reduce their environmental impact

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Practical Process Control Part 22: Monitoring

In the last article we looked at the assessment of a potential inferential. Here we cover techniques for monitoring its performance and automatically updating it to maintain its accuracy

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Mercury Falling

Teaching artisanal gold miners to go mercury-free using a century-old technique.

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Hydrogen Transport

Andy Brown looks at the options and challenges of moving hydrogen from A to B in bulk

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The Cornwall Lithium Revival Powering UK’s Green Future

Mining is making a comeback in Cornwall. Aniqah Majid visits the region to see how the promise of critical minerals is breathing new life into the industrial heartland

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Desal: Hot Favourites

Where the smart money is going in desalination technologies

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Reality Check

How augmented reality is ticking all the boxes for the process sector. Simon Clarke, Director at Orema demonstrates his latest technology to Neil Clark

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It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas

H21: why we need bold thinking for a greener, cleaner, low-cost future

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Cross-industry Learning from High Hazard Sectors

How we choose to learn can determine whether we will repeat similar situations, says Gabor Posta

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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

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MEOR: Making the Case

Based upon the recent ill-informed hysteria surrounding the safety of fracking, the above vision of press coverage of the highly-promising microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) technique is not beyond the realms of possibility.

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North Sea Decommissioning will Cost Taxpayers Billions

Or here’s a better idea…

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An urgent request: new decommissioning head must bring fresh-thinking to wrong-headed plans

THE appointment this week of a new head of decommissioning at the UK’s Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) raises hope that a fresh pair of eyes might take a different view on current decommissioning plans, which to my mind are entirely wrong-headed.

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Shahana Buchanan: IChemE Special Interest Group Chair

Shahana Buchanan, chair of IChemE's Safety & Loss Prevention Special Interest Group discusses how Piper Alpha has shaped her career overseas

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Big Bangs - and How to Avoid Them

Highlights from the Loss Prevention Bulletin's special issue on fireworks and explosives.

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The Heat is On

Keith Plumb explains the importance of design of pressure relief systems for stirred tank vessels

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Maybe, You Can Drive My Car

Tom Baxter explains why he does not see a future for hydrogen fuel cells in passenger cars

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Tesla Battery Day: Leading the Charge in Battery Innovation

A look at Tesla's exciting innovations in battery chemistry, cell design, and manufacturing methods.

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Patenting in the Pandemic

The importance of locking down innovation in troubled times

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