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Liquid membrane blocks small particles and lets big ones through
A SELF-HEALING liquid membrane has been developed that acts as a reverse filter by blocking small particles while letting larger ones through.
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Three US oil majors commit to climate change action
EXXONMOBIL, Chevron, and Occidental Petroleum have joined the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a group of oil and gas companies seeking solutions to mitigate climate change.
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UK steel industry gets £7m funding for alloy development
SWANSEA University, in partnership with Tata Steel and Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick, has been awarded £7m (US$9.2m) by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop and test new steel alloys.
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A NEW, multi-university research centre, headquartered at the US' University of Texas at Austin (UT), has been launched. Researchers at the Center for Materials for Water and Energy Systems, or M-WET, are aiming to discover novel methods to increase water supplies through improved water purification methods.
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New catalyst reduces carbon dioxide emissions in coal-to-liquids process
A CATALYST has been developed that almost eliminates carbon dioxide emissions in the Fischer-Tropsch process in the conversion of coal-to-liquid fuels.
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Offer to create world’s largest gold miner descends into spat
A WAR of words has broken out between the leaders of Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining after the latter rejected a US$18bn hostile offer to create the world’s largest gold miner.
Type: News
Engineering celebrated at North West award ceremony
THE annual North West Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner, jointly hosted by IChemE and IMechE, was held in Manchester on 29 March.
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BASF to build two plastics plants at proposed site in China
BASF is to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) plant at a proposed integrated chemical production site in Zhanjiang, China. The plants will be the first to begin production at the site, which is to become BASF’s third-largest site worldwide.
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Covestro partners with 3D printing pioneer to scale up production
COVESTRO is working to scale up the production of a resin developed by Silicon Valley firm Carbon that has developed a 3D printing technique that rapidly draws fully-formed objects from a vat of liquid like the T1000 robot in the Terminator 2 film.
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Equinor withdraws from plans to drill for oil in Australian marine park
EQUINOR has pulled out of controversial plans to drill for oil and gas in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park.
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CureVac joins forces with Bayer to speed up supply of Covid-19 vaccine
CUREVAC has agreed to work with Bayer to accelerate the development and supply of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.
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Recovering precious metals from industrial waste
AN inexpensive, non-toxic method has been developed to recover silver and palladium from industrial waste.
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UK Government criticised for lack of progress implementing biofuels
THE All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Bioethanol has released a report saying that that the rapid introduction of E10 fuel, which includes 10% bioethanol and 90% petrol, would reduce emissions and help the struggling bioethanol industry.
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Partnership to convert landfill waste into hydrogen for transport
RENEWABLE fuels company Raven SR has entered into an agreement with a Republic Services sanitary landfill in Northern California to convert organic waste into hydrogen that can be sold at commercial fuel stations.
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Ineos invests €2bn in green hydrogen
INEOS will invest more than €2bn (US$2.32bn) in electrolysis projects for green hydrogen production across Europe.
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Bill Gates’ nuclear company picks coal site for new nuclear plant
BILL GATES’ nuclear reactor company plans to build its first sodium fast reactor at the site of a retiring coal plant in the US.
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AstraZeneca opens new R&D facility
ASTRAZENECA has opened a new £1bn (US$1.3bn) R&D facility in Cambridge, UK.
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Shell pulls out of Cambo oilfield
SHELL has pulled out of the Cambo oilfield project, saying that the economic case for investment isn’t strong enough.
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IChemE bursary to fund postgrad catalysis summer school attendance
ICHEME has launched a new bursary to fund 20 postgraduate students to attend a summer school programme, to enhance their knowledge in catalysis.
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Andrew Livingston elected to the Royal Society
ANDREW LIVINGSTON, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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