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Chemical companies review lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey
AN INDUSTRY forum held in Texas has discussed the response of chemical companies to Hurricane Harvey and how a coastal protection system is vital to ensure the safety of chemical plants during future flooding.
Type: News
Keeping proteins active outside of the cell
A METHOD has been developed for keeping proteins functional in non-native environments, which could be used to create protein “mats” that can soak up chemical pollution.
Type: News
Screening Heat Exchangers for High Pressure Differential Relief
An insight into the Energy Institute’s guidance on pressure relief in shell and tube heat exchangers with high differential pressures.
Type: Feature
New MOF membrane cuts energy use for petrochemical industry
AN ENERGY efficient separation method for propylene and propane has been developed using metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes, which could significantly reduce the energy requirements of the petrochemical industry.
Type: News
Blood-testing 'disruptor' charged with fraud
THE CEO and former-president of Theranos – a company which claimed to have developed technology that would revolutionise blood testing – have been charged with “massive fraud”.
Type: News
National Grid report says gas can decarbonise heat, transport, and industry
THE UK’s gas and electricity operator, National Grid, has set out its long-term goals in its report The Future of Gas: How gas can support a low carbon future, concluding that gas will play a crucial role in the coming decades but not without clear policies from the government for decarbonising gas.
Type: News
Carbon nanotubes could make carbon-zero fuels cheaper than fossil fuels
A BREAKTHROUGH has been made in the manufacturing of carbon nanotube membranes which will lead to large-scale production. These “molecular factories” have the potential to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into fuel.
Type: News
Siempelkamp develops new process for nuclear decontamination
A PROCESS for the chemical decontamination of nuclear reactor cooling systems has been developed by Germany’s Siempelkamp NIS Ingenieurgesellschaft, which improves safety for workers and allows for metals to be recycled.
Type: News
3D printing metal alloys for flexible electronics
RESEARCHERS at Oregon State University have developed a method to 3D-print metal alloys which could be used to make flexible electronics.
Type: News
Spencer Silver and Arthur Fry – In Search Of An Application
Spencer Silver and Arthur Fry: the chemist and the tinkerer who created the Post-it Note
Type: Feature
The Minor Works Contract (Orange Book) has been updated to bring it in line with the UK’s Construction Act.
Type: Feature
Fire safety will be discussed at Hazards Australasia 2018
FIRE safety will be a key topic at IChemE’s process safety conference Hazards Australasia 2018, with Dame Judith Hackitt and Stan Krpan participating in a Building Fire Safety panel.
Type: News
STEM Outreach: Why it Pays to Give Back
Why businesses, individuals and new graduates should be ready to step up and play their part in STEM outreach
Type: Feature
In the first of a series looking at the work of IChemE’s volunteers, we profile the Young Members Forums
Type: Feature
A solution to the world’s plastic problem could be right under our feet. Toby McCartney, MacRebur CEO speaks to Neil Clark
Type: Feature
Securing a Safe Future for Gas
Hydrogen: a way to provide safe, sustainable and clean energy to satisfy rising demand and meet carbon emission reduction targets?
Type: Feature
Vaccines: The End of the Cold War?
How an award-winning ensilication technology could remove the need to refrigerate life-saving vaccines
Type: Feature
