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CO2 supply agreement reached as chemicals sector suffers climbing costs
UK industry has reached an updated agreement to ensure supplies of CO2 keep flowing as a trade group survey warns of growing pressure on the chemicals sector.
Type: News
Learning How to Learn: The Skill Which Underpins Performance Throughout One’s Career
Kate O’Brien, Tony Howes and Greg Birkett discuss the dangers of poor learning strategies, with tips on how to identify and resolve them
Type: Feature
IChemE launches new carbon capture journal
ICHEME has launched a new journal covering all aspects of carbon capture research which is the first fully open access journal in its field.
Type: News
Reducing the environmental impact of palm oil production
NEW technology has been developed that will convert palm oil waste into building materials and biofuels.
Type: News
UK will increase R&D spending to OECD average
THE UK has pledged to increase R&D spending to 2.4% by 2027, bringing the country in line with the OECD average.
Type: News
People should stay in their homes after a nuclear accident
MASS relocation of residents following a major nuclear accident is largely unnecessary, according to new research in the UK.
Type: News
New data hub invites companies to map global supply chains
A NEW open data platform has been launched for companies to map their global supply chains to improve insights about production facilities and better address emissions.
Type: News
Scepticism over the UK bioeconomy strategy
INDUSTRY has expressed mixed reactions towards the recently-released UK Bioeconomy Strategy. The strategy outlines how the UK might boost growth in the bioeconomy sector and become a global leader in developing bio-based solutions.
Type: News
More than US$50bn worth of deals for Saudi Arabia
SAUDI Arabia has announced more than US$50bn worth of deals in oil, gas, infrastructure and other sectors. The details were announced last week at the Future Investment Initiative held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Type: News
AI pioneers scoop 2025 QE Prize for Engineering
SEVEN engineers behind the rise of the artificial intelligence technologies that are revolutionising industries and transforming how we live and work have been awarded the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
Type: News
The Engineering Mindset Part 7: Complex or Complicated? Achieving negative carbon emissions
Chris and Penny Hamlin look at how a complexity-focused strategy can identify innovative pathways and solutions that move the chemical industry beyond net zero and to a future of negative emissions and sustainable practices
Type: Feature
Partners scale up technology for achieving hydrogen production and capture carbon in one step
COORSTEK Membrane Sciences is working with independent European research organisation SINTEF to scale up its novel electrochemical cell technology for efficient hydrogen production and simultaneous carbon capture. The technology has progressed to pilot scale, and industrial installations are expected in 2–3 years.
Type: News
The potential of algae to recover valuable resources from waste could transform the traditional waste management sector
Type: Feature
Open-access reaction optimisation
FREELY-available software which is hoped will provide an easy-to-use tool for automated reaction optimisation has been released by Imperial College London researchers.
Type: News
UK project starts sucking CO2 from the sea
A PILOT plant that sucks CO2 from the sea has started operating at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, UK.
Type: News
OGTC funds effort to create digital twins of pressure vessels
THE UK’s Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) is funding a project for software firm Akselos to develop digital twins of pressure vessels in a bid to reduce maintenance costs.
Type: News
Researchers achieve commercially attractive carbon capture with a MOF
CHEMICAL engineers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EFPL), Switzerland have, for the first time, achieved commercially-attractive carbon capture with a metal-organic framework (MOF).
Type: News
Adam Duckett says Australia's bushfires should be a wake-up call for change
Type: Feature
Marc Allen provides an update on the work IChemE is doing to deliver on its net zero commitment
Type: Feature
