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UNESCO and Nestlé have teamed up to find and fund 100 young entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas for how to boost the resilience and sustainability of food.
Type: News
PFAS inquiry launched by UK MPs
UK MPs have launched an inquiry into PFAS and are inviting expert input on whether enough is being done to understand and manage the risks around thousands of persistent chemicals.
Type: News
Waste to jet fuels project set for take off
Velocys is a company that has developed technology to convert feedstocks such as household waste into aviation fuel, and plans are underway for a commercial-scale plant in Immingham, UK. I spoke to Neville Hargreaves, Vice President of Waste to Fuels at Velocys, about how the company can contribute to the decarbonisation of the aviation industry with its renewable jet fuel.
Type: Feature
HYDROGEL fibres similar to spider silk have been spun at room temperature, and researchers say it could offer a sustainable low-energy alternative to current manufacturing methods.
Type: News
A STANFORD University study suggests that ageing oilfields can demand more energy even while petroleum production drops, and this should be taken into account for climate modelling and policy.
Type: News
Turning dirty foil into useful catalysts
CONTAMINATED foil is unrecyclable as grease and fats damage recycling equipment, so it is often landfilled, but a researcher at Queen’s University Belfast has found a way to turn it into Al2O3 catalysts.
Type: News
2D materials with ‘smallest possible’ holes sieve salt from seawater
RESEARCHERS at the University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) have assembled membranes with the smallest possible manmade holes which can separate salts from seawater.
Type: News
World’s largest dynamic hydrogen electrolysis plant inaugurated
THE WORLD’S largest dynamic hydrogen electrolysis plant has been inaugurated in Germany, and has the capacity to produce hundreds of tons of hydrogen every year.
Type: News
Blubber breakthrough: MIT engineers increase wetsuit survivability
MIT chemical engineer Michael Strano has helped develop a treatment for wetsuits that protects divers in frigid waters.
Type: News
New catalyst reduces carbon dioxide emissions in coal-to-liquids process
A CATALYST has been developed that almost eliminates carbon dioxide emissions in the Fischer-Tropsch process in the conversion of coal-to-liquid fuels.
Type: News
Update: 134 confirmed dead after Brazil dam breach
FOLLOWING the collapse of a Vale dam in Brazil, 134 people have now been confirmed dead, with 120 of them identified. 199 people remain missing. The collapse occurred on 25 January in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Type: News
Threads that change colour in response to certain gases
A NEW method for dying threads could be used to create smart clothing that changes colour in the presence of potentially harmful gases.
Type: News
Environmentally friendly alternative to polystyrene foam
A plant-based alternative to polystyrene foam has been developed that has better insulation properties than petroleum-based foam.
Type: News
Australia investigates building its largest hydrogen production plant
QUEENSLAND Government-owned power generation company Stanwell is spending A$5m (US$3.4m) to study the feasibility of a 10 MW or larger hydrogen production demonstration plant in Central Queensland, Australia. It would be largest plant of its kind in the country.
Type: News
IChemE awards Arup Gold Corporate Partner status
ICHEME has awarded Gold Corporate Partner status to Arup, an international company comprised of designers, planners, engineers, architects, consultants, and technical specialists. This was in recognition of the company’s commitment to developing the chemical engineering profession.
Type: News
Lowering emissions from ammonia production with electrolysis
A NEW method to produce ammonia via electrolysis can improve the process while also lowering emissions.
Type: News
Partners collaborate for sustainable lithium production
SCHLUMBERGER New Energy and Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA) have entered a collaborative agreement to validate and optimise a sustainable lithium production process that could support the rapidly-growing electric vehicle (EV) market.
Type: News
A$2.5m to fund pilot for greener lithium extraction
NOVALITH Technologies has raised A$2.5m (US$3.4m) of seed funding that will finance build-out and operation of a pilot plant in Sydney, Australia, helping to move the company’s environmentally friendly lithium extraction technology towards commercial demonstration.
Type: News
Charles Darwin University will install hydrogen system to collaborate with industry
CHARLES Darwin University is purchasing a hydrogen energy storage system to help Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) develop greener industries.
Type: News
IChemE joins bid to create Australian hydrogen research centre
ICHEME is joining a proposed Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) in Australia that would work to expand the production of green hydrogen and help decarbonise industrial processes and energy systems.
Type: News
