RESEARCHERS at the University of Edinburgh have developed a method to convert waste plastic bottles into paracetamol using bacteria.

UK CARBON capture technology developer Carbon Clean has entered a long-term commercial partnership with an offshore oil processing operator to capture emissions from floating production storage and ...

RESEARCHERS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a membrane they believe could replace energy-intensive distillation processes to fractionate crude oil in refineries.

The University of Exeter is set to welcome its first cohort of chemical engineering students in over 25 years, marking the return of the course to its curriculum.

FIRST” recycling centre has been launched in Cornwall, UK which will recycle plastics extracted from up to 86 t/y of microfibres captured in washing machines.

SIEMENS has signed a deal with EnPot, developer of a novel heat exchange technology, to help China’s huge aluminium industry use more renewable power.

THE UK refining industry has welcomed news that the government is reviewing potential compensation for high electricity prices after Prax Lindsey refinery was placed into insolvency yesterday.

ASSOCIATED British Foods (ABF) has today started formal preparations to permanently close the UK’s largest bioethanol plant – a day after negotiations over business support began with the government.

AROUND 400 jobs are at risk after the Lindsey oil refinery on Humberside, UK was placed into insolvency. The UK government has called for an immediate investigation into the directors’ conduct, while ...

RESEARCHERS from the US and Singapore have developed a method to extend the shelf life of vegetables by injecting them with biodegradable microneedles containing the hormone melatonin.

WHAT do you do when a severe blackout throws your scientific conference (and the whole Iberian peninsula) into turmoil? You use the experience to write a research paper about the ten principles needed ...

Andrew Jamieson and Geoff Maitland warn that importing gas from Norway instead of developing domestic supplies from the UK North Sea is a serious strategic, economic and employment misstep — and falls ...