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Heinz and Hanson Cement to benefit from £52m UK clean energy plan

The UK government has awarded funding worth £52m (US$64m) to 25 companies operating in the country, including Heinz and Hanson Cement, to boost their clean energy efforts.

Type: News

Engineering an End to PFAS

Adam Duckett talks about engineering an end to PFAS

Type: Feature

Fake lily pads could be second Sun for lithium manufacturers

A TRIAL to boost critical minerals production has shown that fake plastic lily pads could be a second Sun for lithium manufacturers.

Type: News

Nottingham scientists work with industry to create bacteria-killing paint

SCIENTISTS at the University of Nottingham in the UK have developed a paint-on resin that has been shown to eliminate a range of harmful microbes, including bacteria and viruses such as flu and COVID-19.

Type: News

UK sets out 300-year nuclear waste strategy

THE UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has relaunched its clean-up strategy for the country’s major nuclear sites, with plans spanning more than 300 years.

Type: News

US and UK companies join forces to develop maritime carbon capture technology

A BREAKTHROUGH shipboard system developed by US firm STAX Engineering and UK climate tech Seabound promises to scrub pollutants and CO2 directly from vessels at sea.

Type: News

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

Type: Feature

IChemE launches updated technical strategy

Chemical Engineering Matters now in third edition

Type: News

Viral Safety Challenges in Bioprocessing

David Gemmell explains how the industry keeps viruses and bacteria at bay in manufacturing

Type: Feature

Salt of the Earth: Part 2

Martin Pitt continues his look at the chemical engineering history of common salt

Type: Feature

Desal: Hot Favourites

Where the smart money is going in desalination technologies

Type: Feature

ChemEng: 100 Years at Cape Town

Jim Petrie and Jenni Case celebrate a centenary of chemical engineering

Type: Feature

Bacteria worth their weight in gold

Bacterial gold made on surprisingly short timescale

Type: News

Materials: Decarbonising Cement

Kerry Hebden talks to the researchers and companies aiming for greener concrete processes

Type: Feature

A Wasted Life

Martin Pitt reflects on the history of the waste industry, including his own experiences

Type: Feature

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

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

Type: Feature

Flixborough 50 Years On: How Management of Change Failures Contributed to the Disaster

Richard Mundy reflects on the Court of Inquiry’s findings relating to what we now call management of change (MOC), a concept that was not widely appreciated in 1974, and discusses modern MOC good practices and common pitfalls

Type: Feature

Health: Taking nanopharmaceuticals from the lab to clinics

Amanda Jasi spoke to Camden Cutright and Nazende Günday-Türeli on the challenges involved in developing nanopharmaceutical technologies

Type: Feature

Preventing the Next Battery Incident: Rethinking Battery Energy Storage Safety

As battery energy storage systems expand, recent fires and explosions prove compliance isn’t enough. James Close and Edric Bulan say only a layered, system-wide safety approach can meet the risks of thermal runaway and real-world failure

Type: Feature

Turning food waste into aviation fuel

A BIOREFINING process that converts wet waste – including food waste and wastewater sludge – into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been developed by researchers in the US. The SAF could be used in commercial flights within a couple of years if approved.

Type: News