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Blast at Indian pharmaceutical plant injures 16
A REACTOR exploded at a pharmaceutical plant in India injuring 16 workers, according to reports.
Type: News
Go Digital for Efficient Shift Handovers
How digital systems can make shift handover processes more efficient, and safer
Type: Feature
UK students to tackle engineering challenges
FIVE UK student teams are to compete against counterparts from the US and China as part of a special Collaboration Lab competition in London, on 12–16 September. The competition will take place ahead of the Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 (GGCS2019).
Type: News
Partnership aims to build large-scale hydrogen storage systems
FRAMES Group, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies (HLT), and MAN Energy Solutions (MES) have entered a partnership for storing hydrogen at a large scale.
Type: News
No-deal Brexit could close two UK refineries, leaked report warns
TWO UK refineries could close if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, a leaked government report has warned.
Type: News
Conclusions from the Royal Society of Chemistry’s summit on future waste science policy.
Type: Feature
Clariant and SABIC suspend JV negotiations
SPECIALTY chemical company Clariant and diversified petrochemicals company SABIC have “temporarily” suspended negotiations for a high-performance materials joint-venture (JV), due to “unfavourable market conditions”. The announcement followed just one day after Clariant announced the resignation of CEO Ernesto Occhiello.
Type: News
Novel process for damage-free algae biomass harvesting
RESEARCHERS at the University of Tsukuba, Japan have developed a novel, damage-free process for removing water from algae biomass. The process could help to produce cheaper bioproducts that are more efficient and more eco-friendly.
Type: News
UK will fast track visas for top scientists post-Brexit
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that top scientists will be allowed to apply for fast-track visas under new immigration rules post-Brexit.
Type: News
On the anniversary of the Banqiao Dam disaster of 1975, Fiona Macleod reflects on a visit to the area where an estimated 230,000 people drowned
Type: Feature
Christopher Julian Hewitt, 1969–2019
Obituary of Chris Hewitt, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University
Type: Feature
C-Capture started as a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leeds, UK in 2009 and is now working on the carbon capture project at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire. I spoke to Chris Rayner, founder of C-Capture, about the company’s environmentally friendly solvent technology, the project at Drax, and plans for the future.
Type: Feature
DigiTwin: Moving closer to autonomous management
AT a webinar hosted by IChemE’s Process Management and Control Special Interest Group (PMCSIG), David Wagg discussed DigiTwin, a collaborative project which seeks to develop digital twin technology to empower industry. The project could move industry closer to autonomous process management.
Type: Feature
QEPrize launches podcast to explore engineering and its impact
THE Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has launched a new podcast series, Create the Future, which explores the “skill, creativity, and innovation that comprises engineering”, and highlights how engineers impact everyday lives.
Type: News
Why the humble checklist was essential during the Apollo space programme.
Type: Feature
How atmospheric gases will be key to future additive manufacturing.
Type: Feature
Wendy Wilson, Joseph Agnew and Tom White report on the 2019 IChemE Member Engagement survey results
Type: Feature
Stripping Ammonia in Anaerobic Digesters
Robert Eden discusses thermal stripping in Hong Kong
Type: Feature
Hydrogen is recognised as a high purity premium product. Andy Brown describes some of its many roles
Type: Feature
