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Charles Darwin University will install hydrogen system to collaborate with industry
CHARLES Darwin University is purchasing a hydrogen energy storage system to help Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) develop greener industries.
Type: News
Composites centre wants UK to lead on recycled carbon fibres
THE UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) has set its sights on scaling up new industrial processes to establish a commercial market for reclaimed continuous carbon fibre, noting that the UK could take advantage of this growing opportunity for greener technology rather than repeating past mistakes and letting other countries capitalise on the work.
Type: News
Britishvolt secures short-term funding in wake of closure concerns
THE TROUBLED battery startup Britishvolt and its proposed UK gigafactory has been thrown a lifeline of funding for five weeks to save it from potential closure, following reports that the firm was heading into administration.
Type: News
Materials: Switch on/Switch off
Pablo Brito-Parada and colleagues discuss how SOSO technology could provide the paradigm shift needed to make small-scale mining viable
Type: Feature
Sweden discovers Europe’s largest rare earths deposit
SWEDEN’S state mining firm has discovered what could be Europe’s largest rare earths deposit, and says it could help the bloc reduce its reliance on imports of minerals needed to manufacture clean technologies and meet climate targets.
Type: News
Linde joins Coolbrook in push to turbocharge greener cracking
LINDE has formed a strategic partnership with Coolbrook to develop and deploy a turbomachine designed to replace steam cracking with a greener alternative powered by renewable energy.
Type: News
Rio Tinto announces manufacturing research lab in Australia as it charges ahead with batteries push
RIO TINTO is building a battery manufacturing laboratory at its research facility in Bundoora, Melbourne, the latest move in the company’s efforts to make headway in the global battery metals sector.
Type: News
Lanxess to cut 870 jobs amid German chemical industry downturn
GERMAN speciality chemicals group Lanxess plans to cut 870 jobs worldwide. The firm has blamed a deepening crisis in the country's chemicals sector due to rising energy prices brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Type: News
Amgen buys Horizon Therapeutics for US$27.8bn
US BIOTECH company Amgen has completed its US$27.8bn acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics after a legal challenge by the US antitrust watchdog was dropped.
Type: News
Norfolk Southern bill for East Palestine train derailment hits US$1.7bn
THE US government and freight operator Norfolk Southern (NS) have reached an agreement to resolve federal claims and investigations over the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Type: News
Three UK water companies face £168m fines for sewage spills
Thames Water, Yorkshire Water, and Northumbrian Water face hefty fines after a “catalogue of failure” was uncovered in Ofwat’s biggest-ever investigation.
Type: News
Burst water main ‘probable’ cause of Surrey sinkhole, geologists say
GEOLOGISTS have said a burst water main is the “probable” cause of a sinkhole that led to the collapse of a road in a village in Surrey, southeast England.
Type: News
Elsevier launches new AI service designed to speed up R&D
ICHEME’s journals publisher Elsevier has launched a new AI tool to help engineers extract, summarise, and compare information from millions of peer-reviewed papers and book chapters to speed up their R&D.
Type: News
Immigration and Engineering in the UK
What does the latest Immigration White Paper mean for the UK engineering industry?
Type: Feature
Patents and The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Ed Round discusses what the patent landscape reveals about the future of manufacturing
Type: Feature
Wildfire Devastates Fort McMurray
STRIKING aerial photography shows a destructive wildfire burning through regions of northern Alberta, Canada, devastating portions of Fort McMurray, a city which services the oil sands industry, forcing the evacuation of almost over 88,000 residents.
Type: Feature
Analytic Excellence: An Example from Synthetic Biology
Ahead of our coming webinar on developing a culture of analytic excellence, Adam Duckett catches up with David McClymont of The London DNA Foundry to discuss the impetus for the organisation’s application of data analytics to synthetic biology and the benefits that have been reaped
Type: Feature
STUNNING 3D images that show the effect of electric fields on ionic winds flowing from a flame could help improve combustion efficiency and reduce pollution, according to researchers.
Type: Feature
Biorefining and Integrated Bioresource Engineering
FBP journal – a new avenue for the research
Type: Feature
