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Robert Langer

Chemical engineer wins Queen's prize

Added: 3 Feb 2015

Chemical engineer and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Robert Langer has today…

Food lab testing facility

Corrosion testing facility expanded

Added: 3 Feb 2015

Growing demand for asset life extension solutions in the oil and gas industry has led Intertek to i…

Atlas Copco Systems Hemel Hempstead compressor workshop

Upgraded global oil & gas facility unveiled

Added: 3 Feb 2015

Compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco last month unveiled its upgraded and expanded global production…

Shale gas

MPs reject shale ban as Lancashire decides

Added: 28 Jan 2015

Parliament has rejected calls for an outright ban on shale gas development, although projects will …

Biofuel processing

Biofuel processing 'improved'

Added: 27 Jan 2015

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Rice University have developed a computational scree…

Ineos director Tom Crotty

Ineos slams MPs’ call to ban shale gas

Added: 26 Jan 2015

Ineos has attacked politicians calling for a ban on shale gas development in the UK, describing a r…

Teesside process industry cluster CCS

Teesside industrial CCS plan launched

Added: 26 Jan 2015

Firms including BOC and Amec Foster Wheeler gathered in Westminster yesterday to launch their plans…

SmartLine Guided Wave Radar Level transmitter

Honeywell leaps to next level

Added: 26 Jan 2015

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has launched a new addition to its SmartLine industrial transmitt…

Food machine

Robots set sights on food sector

Added: 26 Jan 2015

The UK food industry has finally woken up to the importance of robotics to the sector, says plant a…

Cuadrilla shale site

MPs call for fracking ban as Cuadrilla blocked

Added: 22 Jan 2015

MPs from all major political parties have submitted proposals against hydraulic fracturing as part …

Dungeness B nuclear power station

Dungeness nuclear plant life to be extended

Added: 20 Jan 2015

EDF Energy today announced plans to extend the operational life of Dungeness B nuclear power plant …

Steve Donnelly and MIAMI

Data study fuels nuclear safety

Added: 20 Jan 2015

Engineers at the University of Huddersfield are using electron microscopy to ensure the safety of t…

Intertek lab

Petroleum testing lab reopens after flood

Added: 20 Jan 2015

Product testing firm Intertek has reopened its Immingham Docks Laboratory after a tidal surge and w…

GGS GasClam monitoring Blackpool shale gas site

Cuadrilla green light for Blackpool shale site

Added: 16 Jan 2015

Shale gas developer Cuadrilla was today granted the environmental permits it needs to begin explora…

Students in the design phase of their degrees

Investment boost for engineering talent

Added: 15 Jan 2015

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is investing £1.2 million in up and coming engi…

Early warning software

Water industry develops early warning software

Added: 15 Jan 2015

A data analysis solution for the water and wastewater industry could be applied across a variety of…

Pilz safety relays receive nuclear approval

Amec Areva team loses Sellafield role

Added: 13 Jan 2015

The government this morning confirmed that Nuclear Management Partners (NMP), a consortium of Amec …

North Sea offshore oil and gas

UK oil production stabilises

Added: 12 Jan 2015

After several years of steep decline, UK oil & gas production has stabilised and is expected to gro…

SIHI Isochem modular chemical pump

Flowserve buys Dutch pump manufacturer

Added: 8 Jan 2015

Pumps and valves manufacturer Flowserve yesterday confirmed it had completed its acquisition the Ne…

Food production must cut water use by a fifth

Added: 6 Jan 2015

The use of water in food production must be cut by 20% globally to avoid rocketing food prices and …