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US refinery shutdown serves as a lesson for process safety

“PROCESS safety is more than just life preservation, it’s about making sure that we look after the communities that surround us as well,” says process safety expert Paul Kenny.

Type: News

Dairy pioneer Kevin Marshall honoured by the Queen

KEVIN Marshall has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the Queen, for his services to food science and technology.

Type: News

Using a sponge made of pollen to soak up oil from contaminated water

A POLLEN-BASED sponge has been developed as a more environmentally friendly way of soaking up oil and other organic solvents from contaminated water.

Type: News

Innova to manufacture rapid Covid-19 tests in UK

INNOVA Medical Group has announced plans to manufacture its rapid Covid-19 tests in the UK through a partnership with Sharp Packaging.

Type: News

Industrial Cyber Attacks on the Rise

Adam Duckett discusses the rising threat of cyber attacks

Type: Feature

Men as Allies

Adam Duckett asks what are men doing to help support gender diversity and inclusion?

Type: Feature

Pollution Protection for the People

In the second of a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute to society, Clare Sheppard shares her work on urban air quality in Australia

Type: Feature

Safety Lessons from Home Alone

David Jamieson explains what Kevin McCallister and the Wet Bandits can teach us about inherent safety

Type: Feature

Solving Problems at Scale

Jane Cutler talks to Adam Duckett about her inspirations and quest for skills

Type: Feature

Making Sure Risks are ALARP

Andy Brazier and Nick Wise explain why it’s so important to consider real-world situations in risk assessment

Type: Feature

Set in Stone

Amanda Doyle speaks to Rahul Shendure about innovations for lower-emissions cement and storing CO2 in concrete

Type: Feature

Warm Up Acts

Tom Baxter examines the challenges and opportunities of electrifying process heating

Type: Feature

Sustainable chemical technologies to accelerate net-zero

LED by the University of Bath, UK, a major new collaboration between academia and industry seeks to use sustainable chemical technologies to accelerate the UK’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions.

Type: News

Protecting Intellectual Property in the Chemical Engineering Field

Chloe Flower looks at new strategies for a developing sector

Type: Feature

Singapore and UK to address climate change in the ASEAN region

RESEARCHERS in Singapore, in a first-of-its-kind international collaboration, are partnering with the UK’s COP26 Universities Network, aiming to address climate change in the ASEAN region.

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Increasing yield for portable vaccine production method

RESEARCHERS at Northwestern University, US have discovered a way to improve their new protein-based vaccine manufacturing method, which could help to broaden access to potentially life-saving medicines that can combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and viruses.

Type: News

First carbon capture laundry product on the market

A PARTNERSHIP between Unilever, LanzaTech, and India Glycols has commercialised what they claim is the first cleaning product containing a surfactant made from captured carbon.

Type: News

Major US pipeline restarts following cyberattack

AFTER a five-day shutdown, operator Colonial Pipeline Company (CPC) has restarted operations at its major US fuel pipeline system, after reportedly paying a US$5m ransom to cyber-attackers.

Type: News

Repurposing Drugs: The Key to a Healthier Future

How repurposing drugs has become an industry in its own right.

Type: Feature

Firefighter injured at US chemical plant explosion

ONE firefighter was injured while responding to a large fire at a chemical plant in Affton, St Louis County, Missouri.

Type: News