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PFAS Uncovered: What You Need to Know About These Lingering (Not Forever) Chemicals
Paul Nathanail argues that rather than referring to PFAS as ‘forever chemicals’, the term ‘lingering chemicals’ better captures the challenge of managing their environmental risks once they escape into soil and water
Type: Feature
Goodbye Centenary year, and what to read while we’re away
AS our editorial team power down their computers until 3 January, here are some features you may have missed from 2022 and can catch up on while we’re away.
Type: News
Direct Air Capture: The State of Play and What’s to Come
An introduction to direct air capture
Type: Feature
Explainer: what next for Scunthorpe steelworks in the coming weeks and beyond
AMID the crisis at British Steel, questions are circulating about the long-term future of the Scunthorpe steelworks. The UK government, which took control of the company from Chinese firm Jingye over the weekend, now says it is “confident” the blast furnaces will have enough iron ore and coke to produce steel for at least the “coming weeks” – a more optimistic outlook than yesterday’s forecast of the “coming days”.
Type: News
What Safety Studies Have You Got on Your Menu?
Andy Brazier and Nick Wise introduce a series looking at ALARP
Type: Feature
The Engineering Mindset Part 2: Complex or Complicated? What Defines A Complex System?
Using the petrochemicals industry, Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how a complexity-based approach provides a critically different perspective and insight that can be applied to pretty much any sector, market, or organisation
Type: Feature
Who owns what, what risks can arise, and how to protect your business.
Type: Feature
Chemical Decommissioning: Safety Challenges
What are the most significant safety hurdles in chemical decommissioning?
Type: Feature
Brexit: The Impact on Energy and Climate Change
What are the likely effects in the immediate and long term?
Type: Feature
A positive look at what has been and what can be achieved to reduce our carbon footprint
Type: Feature
What is standing in the way of hydrogen deployment and what has been overcome to enable development?
Type: Feature
IChemE Matters – July/August 2025
A round up of what you've been saying, plus the usual policy corner
Type: News
Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how real-time data and dynamic insights can drive sustainable change
Type: Feature
What should we do to prevent the next process safety catastophe?
Type: Feature
Process Patents: Are They Worth It?
What protection does a process patent provide? And how easy are they to enforce?
Type: Feature
20 years on from Australia’s infamous gas explosion, what have we learned, and what should we do to prevent another one?
Type: Feature
Book Review: Engineers Making A Difference
Shini Somara; ISBN: 9781804660270; What on Earth Books; £16.99; 2023
Type: Feature
At-a-glance information on what's in the fourth of our centenary theme specials
Type: Feature
Immigration and Engineering in the UK
What does the latest Immigration White Paper mean for the UK engineering industry?
Type: Feature
