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Researchers in Japan use gene-editing to control "gift-giving" courtship behaviour in fruit flies.
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IChemE: With You Every Step of Your Career Journey
Free student membership gives you exclusive access to tailored support, expert guidance and career-building resources – designed to set you up for success from day one
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ChemEng Culture: Boeing, the 737 MAX Crisis and Aviation Safety
David Bogle reviews Andrew Hopkins’ book exploring how the pursuit of profit compromised safety principles, neglected human factors and led to critical design failures that culminated in two fatal crashes
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Hydrogen ambitions meet real-world challenges at IChemE All Ireland Member Group workshop
IRELAND faces significant challenges before low-carbon “green” hydrogen can be integrated into its energy mix, according to leading experts from Irish academia and industry.
Type: News
Students get hands-on with chemical engineering at IChemE’s DiscoverChemEngLIVE event
CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERS from industry and academia gathered in Rugby for IChemE’s DiscoverChemEngLIVE event, introducing around 400 secondary school students to the fundamentals of the profession – one cookie at a time.
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Students Get Hands-on with ChemEng at DiscoverChemEngLIVE Event
Aniqah Majid reports on IChemE’s DiscoverChemEngLIVE, introducing around 400 secondary school students to the fundamentals of the profession – one cookie at a time
Type: Feature
What can chemical engineers do to boost the efficiency of palm oil milling?
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Amanda Jasi speaks to Albert Cabrejo and Leonnardo Probst about their company’s radar-based technology, which is used to manage potentially tragic mining failures
Type: Feature
Paris Agreement targets can’t be reached with negative emission technologies
A REPORT has evaluated the potential of negative emission technologies (NETs) in the context of meeting the Paris Agreement. The report concluded that NETs cannot remove sufficient carbon from the atmosphere and that focus should remain on cutting carbon emissions.
Type: News
Stemming the flow of plastic waste
EUROPE has proposed a law banning or restricting single-use plastics, the UN has released a policy roadmap on how to restrict the use of plastic, and there have been a wave of pledges from people and companies worldwide to phase out the plastic that is causing extreme damage to the environment.
Type: News
Rules of Thumb: Solids Transfer - Bins & Silos
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
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Andrew Livingston, Shaista Bibi and Conor Crowley provide practical advice on this key risk management technique
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Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 1
In this contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt turns his focus onto the interesting developments in biotechnology
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Distillation Distilled: Is Industry Adapting Fast Enough?
David Martyn looks back at TCE’s recent series of distillation articles and asks whether chemical engineers can be more proactive when it comes to making a meaningful contribution to society
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Practical Process Control Part 7: Parameters for Designing Liquid Level Controllers
Myke King continues his detailed series on process control, seeking to inspire chemical engineers to exploit untapped opportunities for improvement
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Phosphate Rocks Chapter 1: Demolition
Chapter 1 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
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Flexibility in Action: Unlocking Energy Savings in the Process Industries
David Menmuir explores how demand-side management could cut costs, reduce CO2 emissions and help balance electricity grids
Type: Feature
Engineers publish £22bn blueprint for UK to take global lead on hydrogen heating
ENGINEERS have called on the UK government to immediately spend £125m (US$159m) designing a hydrogen production, distribution and storage system that would create the world’s largest CO2 reduction project. If realised it would decarbonise 14% of UK heat by 2034, and all told cost £22.7bn.
Type: News
How to Size and Rate Horizontal Three-Phase Separators
Separation is used in almost every oil and gas process. But how do you size or rate a separator and what fundamental principles should be applied?
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