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UK launches £6m competition to create a national maths academy

THE UK has launched a £6m competition to create a new national maths academy to advise government, accelerate technological development, and raise public awareness of the subject’s importance.

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Making Innovation Pay in a Sustainable Way

CPI is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Graeme Cruickshank looks at how the technology innovation centre has transformed the UK’s R&D sector and how it can continue to remain relevant to the just transition.

Type: Feature

IChemE Matters: 'The Profession's View of the Profession'

Alexandra Meldrum introduces IChemE’s member-consulted report, “Engineering a Sustainable World – the Chemical Engineering Challenge”

Type: Feature

Dame Judith Hackitt awarded 2024 President’s Medal by Royal Academy of Engineering

DAME JUDITH HACKITT, safety expert and a former president of IChemE, is the 2024 recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s President’s Medal in recognition of her enormous contribution to its work.

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Costain wins multimillion-pound FEED contract for Teesside hydrogen pipeline network

COSTAIN has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by bp for a new hydrogen pipeline network in Teesside as part of the East Coast carbon capture cluster.

Type: News

Government release ‘emergency’ £13.5m to tackle Tata Steel Port Talbot job losses

WORKERS and local businesses effected by energy transition of Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steel plant are set to benefit from an “emergency” cash injection of £13.5m (US$17.6m) from the UK government.

Type: News

Mitsubishi to invest £250m doubling plastic output at Saltend site

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL is investing £250m (US$328m) to double production of packaging plastic at its UK site in the Saltend Chemicals Park.

Type: News

Five minutes with… Health Researcher Hannah Leese

Adam Duckett speaks to the Nicklin Medal winner about needles and nominations, and discovers that both can be positive…and pain free

Type: Feature

UK launches 2050 infrastructure strategy to speed up energy transition

REDUCING the UK’s lengthy grid connection backlog is a key focus of a government initiative to bolster energy infrastructure planning.

Type: News

Heat Vision

Pippa Corbett takes a closer look at the potential of heat networks, recent market transformations, and a sustainable chemical engineering career pathway

Type: Feature

Gold from Gadgets

The Royal Mint’s Tony Baker and Julian Cox explain to Adam Duckett how a solution in a beaker was transformed into a world-first chemical plant

Type: Feature

IChemE Matters – April 2024

Nigel Hirst talks about celebrating excellence, Jonathan Seville calls to members to sign up for our circular economy webinar series and readers voice Natech concerns

Type: News

A virtuous circle? Fusion developers relying on power-hungry AI to accelerate commercialisation

FUSION energy development is locked in step with artificial intelligence (AI), according to the findings of a new survey into how companies are using it to rapidly iterate their technology.

Type: News

A Chemical Engineer’s Festive University Challenge

Chemical engineer and science communicator Yasmin Ali sits down with Aniqah Majid to discuss the energy transition, her university days, and her upcoming appearance on this year’s University Challenge Christmas series

Type: Feature

Why Soft Skills Can (and Should) be Taught

From awkward smiles to cult-avoidance strategies, Faye Litherland’s journey proves that mastering soft skills is no different to learning pump calculations – practice makes perfect

Type: Feature

North Sea oil spill may take two months to clear following ship collision – expert

JET FUEL that spilled into the North Sea following Monday’s collision between a tanker and a cargo ship off the coast of Hull, UK could take “up to two months” to clear, an expert has told TCE.

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Monash team enlists AI to rapidly identify microplastics in step towards real-time environmental analysis

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE could one day help us clean up microplastics after researchers at Monash University showed AI can help with rapid identification. The system could eventually sweep the oceans and carry out real-time wastewater analysis.

Type: News

INWED 2025: Schoolgirls’ confidence mushrooms after YEAIS recognition

Ahead of International Women in Engineering Day, Aniqah Majid spoke to three inspiring A-level students at the Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability about building confidence and the importance of role models

Type: Feature

IChemE training gains official CPD recognition from Board of Engineers Malaysia

THE BOARD of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) has approved eight IChemE training courses for continuing professional development (CPD) hours.

Type: News

The Forgotten and the Dammed: The Hidden Risks Behind the World's Water and Waste Reservoirs

Fifty years after the Banqiao dam collapse killed hundreds of thousands in China, Fiona Erskine says deadly failures continue to expose the global threat of ageing infrastructure, climate extremes and toxic waste

Type: Feature