All Chemical Engineering


RSC diversity programme numbers soar

Added: 3 Jul 2023

The Royal Society of Chemistry has recorded a 38% rise in the number of students on its programme t…

CHEMUK 2023 sees 41% attendance rise

Added: 23 May 2023

CHEMUK 2023 saw a year on year rise of 41% in visitor attendance to the recent show at the NEC in B…

Guestbook: Formula for our future

Added: 15 May 2023

Efforts by the energy intensive chemicals industry to promote a greener future will impact greatly …

The industrial lab: at line or end of line?

Added: 15 May 2023

Sustainability, market pressures and tech innovation are impacting the chemicals and materials sect…

Rare mineral project offers means to tackle acid effect on ocean life

Added: 29 Jan 2023

Scientists at Heriot-Watt and Hamburg universities say they have developed a process to boost ocean…

Measuring up for modern times

Added: 16 Jan 2023

The latest iteration of the International System of Units has been a long time coming, explains Ric…

Automated material analysis offers cut to cost and human error 

Added: 4 Dec 2022

Researchers in Japan have developed a method to automate a mathematical procedure used to analyse X…

View from the business end

Added: 7 Nov 2022

Tim Doggett explains the importance of sustainability for modern laboratories in terms of the wider…

Jha and Rannard headline at Lab Innovations

Added: 31 Oct 2022

Economist science correspondent Alok Jha and leading academic and spin-out pioneer Dr Steve Rannard…

Lab Awards finalists named

Added: 26 Oct 2022

Finalists have been announced for the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with La…

Bibby scientific give school children an experimental experience at british science week

CCDC grants aim to inspire tomorrow’s structural chemistry pioneers

Added: 11 Sep 2022

One of the world’s leading resources for structural chemistry, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Cent…

Sulzer acquisition to scale up biopolymer production

Added: 11 Sep 2022

Industrial giant Sulzer has acquired a stake in Netherland’s-based CELLiCON with the aim of scaling…

Liquid platinum catalyst offers sustainable solution for industry

Added: 27 Aug 2022

Australian scientists say they have found a way to employ platinum as a potentially scalable indust…

Hazards poster

Avoiding common pitfalls deploying customised fume cupboards

Added: 23 Aug 2022

Fume cupboards are vital in an industrial setting but they need to be tailored carefully to the ind…

Polymers

Synthetic polymers offer means to bypass gene editing for biocatalysis

Added: 20 Aug 2022

Scientists believe they have found a way to improve the efficiency of biocatalysis by avoiding the …

UWS’s third venture aims for fat returns from thin films

Added: 13 Aug 2022

The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is aiming to tap into the country’s reputation as a ma…

Polymers

Leading chemical and utility firms join RSC polymer sustainability task force

Added: 3 Jul 2022

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced four leading industry recruits have joined its S…

Industry 4.0 for UK chem labs

Added: 10 May 2022

In advance of her talk as part of the Lab News hosted session at CHEMUK 2022, Iwona Kandpal looks a…

Sustainable concept for wood-based textile fibres

Added: 14 Apr 2022

The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Si…

How to ensure secure biological material transportation

Added: 6 Apr 2022

The correct transport of biological material is a major aspect of modern bio-legislation. Here, Den…