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Smallpox screensaver

Added: 6 Feb 2003

Using the idle time of computers like yours and mine, researchers at the University of Oxford aim t…

Safe or sorry

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Most products are certified as safe by the companies that actually make them. But is this 'self-cer…

Sticky stuff

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Insights into particle behaviour could help laboratory equipment maker Varian and Canada's Alberta …

Bacteria can eat pesticide

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Researchers have found that two microorganisms are capable of breaking down Endosulfan, a chlorine-…

BASF invests in fuel cells

Added: 3 Feb 2003

BASF's venture capital arm has invested heavily in a new company which is developing rechargeable …

Less colourful fish means better eyesight

Added: 27 Jan 2003

Following scientific assessments establishing a link between high canthaxanthin intake and …

Any old tyres?

Added: 20 Jan 2003

Ajax, Ontario-based Environmental Waste International has made the first commercial sale of…

Hazid makes chemical processing plants safer

Added: 14 Jan 2003

Manufacturers will be getting a helping hand to make their chemical processing plants safer and mor…

Government sets out White Paper position

Added: 8 Jan 2003

The Chemical Industries Association has given a cautious welcome to the government's position state…

Removing salt of the earth

Added: 8 Jan 2003

A supercritical oxidation unit developed by two Japanese firms could be used to destroy was…

BNFL attacks Leningrad

Added: 8 Jan 2003

Nuclear remediation and decommissioning specialist BNFL Environmental Services is to take o…

Open protocol for safety communication

Added: 11 Dec 2002

Rockwell, Omron and Sick are to collaborate on developing an open protocol for safety commu…

Plastic recycling

Added: 28 Nov 2002

Matsushita Electric has developed what it claims is the industry's first plastic recycling …

Recycle: now you can!

Added: 25 Nov 2002

A new patented process developed by Utah-based ReSyk can be used to manufacture products us…

Safety has a negative impact

Added: 19 Nov 2002

The world's two largest groups representing chemical companies are finding the EU 'Strategy for a F…

Telecom switch destroys dioxin

Added: 14 Nov 2002

Fujitsu Technology has developed a dioxin-decomposition process which, it claims, is 100 ti…

Hive of activity

Added: 13 Nov 2002

The Windscale gas-cooled nuclear reactor has been shut down for over two decades, and engineers are…

Model analysis

Added: 13 Nov 2002

A spin-off company from the University of Newcastle is offering chemical companies a comput…

Waste not, recycle more

Added: 13 Nov 2002

The UK will fail to meet its EU commitments to waste management targets unless the governme…

Health and safety remains at the forefront of processing

Added: 13 Nov 2002

The process industries only seem to hit the headlines when something has gone wrong. Dr. Mike Spear…