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Aker, Det norske, Subsea 7 in oil alliance
Will work together for offshore projects in Norway
Type: News
New Bayer firm focuses on stem-cell therapies
Seeks Parkinson’s and cardiovascular treatments
Type: News
Student placements key to employment
WHEN looking for work, experience could be more influential than socio-economic background for chemical engineering students – according to an IChemE study.
Type: News
Industry supports US carbon tax
EXXONMOBIL is among a number of industry giants that have backed plans for a US carbon tax designed by a group of Republican elders to build support for bipartisan climate action in the US.
Type: News
Thorium nuclear research boost
A THORIUM molten salt reactor (TMSR) experiment – the world’s first in over 45 years – has been started in the Netherlands.
Type: News
AN ICHEME student member is representing the profession on the BBC’s University Challenge – and has emerged victorious from the first round of the quiz show.
Type: News
New theory could re-write Chernobyl history
RESEARCHERS in Sweden have published new analysis of the Chernobyl disaster which suggests that the first explosion was a nuclear explosion, and not a steam explosion as is generally thought.
Type: News
Tees Valley £123m Budget boost
UK CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond announced in his 2017 budget on Wednesday an investment of £123m (US$163.7m) for the Tees Valley’s former SSI steelworks site.
Type: News
New 4D printer can create shape-changing objects
RESEARCHERS have developed a prototype ‘4D’ printer that allows 3D-printed objects to change their structure over time.
Type: News
Successful testing of fission reactor for future space exploration
NASA has demonstrated that its prototype nuclear fission reactor can operate safely and produce the power required for future space missions.
Type: News
Drax will host Europe’s first bioenergy CCS project
DRAX Power Station in Yorkshire, UK, will pilot Europe’s first bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project by capturing carbon produced via biomass combustion.
Type: News
Chester engineering faculty faces relocation due to proximity to oil refinery
THE University of Chester is facing the possibility of relocating its £120m (US$160m) science and engineering faculty at Thornton Science Park after the local council refused to grant retrospective planning permission due to the proximity of Stanlow oil refinery.
Type: News
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.
Type: News
UK set to see surge in biomethane plants
THE UK is set to see a 50% rise in biomethane plants operating by 2020, with as much as £400m (US$525m) invested in response to government incentives, says industry body.
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BASF announces strategy to boost growth but keep emissions flat
BASF has outlined a strategy to outpace average global chemical sales while stagnating emissions.
Type: News
IChemE announces inaugural Learned Society Committee
ICHEME has announced the nine members who will be on its newly-established Learned Society Committee.
Type: News
Poliakoff receives China’s highest honour for foreign scientists
BRITISH chemist Sir Martyn Poliakoff has received the 2019 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People’s Republic of China, the country’s highest honour for foreign scientists.
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