Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 2
In this two-part contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt focus...
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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 focu...
A Short History of Unintended Consequences
In his ongoing series looking at the history of chemical engineering, Martin Pitt considers the h...
Biobatteries: Harnessing the Power of Nature
Kerry Hebden speaks to researchers who are developing novel batteries for military and environmen...
Flow Batteries: Chemicals Operations that Promise Grid-Scale Storage
Adam Duckett speaks to flow battery innovators about the history of the technology and what’s to ...
The £300 Industrial Secret that Changed the World
Martin Pitt looks at how acquiring gunpowder know-how shaped the world as we know it
Fighting the Fight
Cyber attacks on industrial control systems are increasing. What can you do?
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New alliance announces nuclear subs for Australia
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Sheffield Forgemasters bought by UK Government
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Oil and gas innovation to benefit Japanese nuclear sector
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Jacobs purchases Wood’s nuclear business for US$303.5m
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Chemical engineer to brief parliamentarians on chemical weapons
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Man killed in explosion at UK military plant
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Preparing for a turf war
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