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NMiTE reveals engineering degree curriculum
“World’s most radical” institute opens consultation
Type: News
A virtuous circle? Fusion developers relying on power-hungry AI to accelerate commercialisation
FUSION energy development is locked in step with artificial intelligence (AI), according to the findings of a new survey into how companies are using it to rapidly iterate their technology.
Type: News
US awards US$7bn for seven hydrogen hubs to boost clean energy economy
THE BIDEN administration has announced that seven hydrogen hub proposals are to receive US$7bn in ‘Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’ funding to boost the domestic development and production of hydrogen.
Type: News
Plasma synthesis turns CO2 and CH4 into fuels and chemicals
RESEARCHERS have reported a “major breakthrough” in reforming CO2 and CH4 into liquid fuels and chemicals, by using a highly selective one-step process at ambient conditions.
Type: News
Call for engineering in schools
IMECHE has released a report calling for the UK government to integrate engineering into the school curriculum, to better educate children about the ‘made world’.
Type: News
IChemE volunteers identify areas of focus to help fight pandemic
ICHEME’S volunteer Covid-19 Response Team has divided into distinct workstreams, including on diagnostics and vaccines, as it seeks to help overcome the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
Type: News
Covid-19 antibody test gives results in 20 minutes
A BLOOD test has been developed by researchers in Australia which can detect Covid-19 antibodies in 20 minutes. The test is easily scalable and up to 700 tests per hour could be performed using hospital equipment.
Type: News
BASF will publish carbon footprints for 45,000 products
BASF will release data on the carbon footprints of its entire portfolio of approximately 45,000 products by the end of 2021 as it seeks to help customers measure and reduce emissions through the supply chain.
Type: News
Greener chemicals: steam cracking could go electric by 2023
BASF, SABIC and Linde aim to construct a multi-megawatt plant to demonstrate that steam crackers can be heated by electricity rather than fossil fuels, in a move that could eliminate 90% of emissions from the heart of chemicals processing.
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UK HFCA calls for action on nuclear-enabled hydrogen
Following a push by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to accelerate cleaner hydrogen production using nuclear energy, the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (UK HFCA), is now calling on the government to embrace the benefits of nuclear-enabled Hydrogen (NEH) with legislation, financial backing and more nuclear sites to help combat CO2 emissions.
Type: News
Zheng congratulated by IChemE for insights into Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
ICHEME has congratulated Qingyuan Zheng for publishing a paper in Nature Catalysis based on research he completed during his IChemE Andrew Fellowship.
Type: News
Researchers design ‘highly selective’ catalyst that turns CO2 into green fuel
AN INTERNATIONAL research team has developed a copper-based material that can turn CO2 into methanol using sunlight.
Type: News
Engineers must take action to reverse damage to planet, says IChemE climate briefing
ICHEME has urged its members to use their unique expertise to arrest and reverse the “damage to the life support systems of our planet” in its updated climate change briefing, released ahead of COP29.
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UK set to host rare earths processing hub in push for cleantech security
THE UK is set to host a new US$195m rare earth processing hub that Pensana is building at the Saltend chemicals park on Humberside. It will become one of only three such facilities operating outside of China and comes as the UK has launched a new strategy to shore up supplies of the critical materials needed for the energy transition.
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Seven killed in US chocolate factory explosion
THE death toll following an explosion at a US chocolate factory on 24 March has risen to seven. This is after two additional victims were discovered in the rubble at the site on 26 March, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Type: News
Chevron set to become fourth ultramajor with US$33bn buyout of Anadarko Petroleum
CHEVRON has agreed to buy Anadarko Petroleum for US$33bn, propelling it into the position of fourth ‘ultramajor’ and the largest producer in the fast-growing US Permian Basin, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Type: News
Chevron to buy Hess in US$53bn all-stock deal
AMERICAN oil giant Chevron is buying oil and gas producer Hess in an all-stock deal worth US$53bn. This is the second major oil buy-up this month, following ExxonMobil’s agreement to acquire US shale firm Pioneer Natural Resources in a deal worth US$59.5bn.
Type: News
Chemicals businesses must not delay on digitalisation if they want to transform their operations, says Paige Marie Morse
Type: Feature
