All Environment


Wind power makes Hydrogen

Added: 12 Jul 2002

Quantum Technologies has been awarded a contract to provide a hydrogen fuel storage system for a wi…

Plastic nuggets aid agricultural plastic waste disposal

Added: 3 Jul 2002

An agricultural engineer at Penn State University has created burnable, energy-efficient plastic nu…

FDA suspends operations at Air Liquide

Added: 20 Jun 2002

The US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has shut down certain operations of Air Liquide Am…

Membrane filters offer options for cleaner water

Added: 18 Jun 2002

University of Houston researchers are studying the large-scale employment of membrane filters to re…

Cleaner water

Added: 13 Jun 2002

A Northwestern University environmental engineer has developed a water treatment device that render…

Spotting contaminated chickens

Added: 13 Jun 2002

Researchers at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth have developed a rapid procedure which will ena…

A biodegradable notebook

Added: 5 Jun 2002

Fujitsu has developed what it claims is the world's first notebook computer housing to use …

Aluminium waste headache solved

Added: 31 May 2002

An Australian research team believes it has solved one of the world's big industrial waste headache…

Safety standards

Added: 15 May 2002

Although now in force, the new safety standard for safety-related control systems, IEC 61508, is st…

Managing alarms to eliminate overload

Added: 15 May 2002

Today's control technology has given plant operators unprecedented insights into the running of the…

Could this kill you?

Added: 7 May 2002

The World Health Organization (WHO) is to determine the extent of the public health risk from acryl…

EPRI develops economical NOx reduction process

Added: 29 Apr 2002

A new NOx reduction process developed by EPRI provides coal-fired generating units with a c…

Trichloroethylene reclassified as a carcinogen

Added: 28 Mar 2002

Trichloroethylene, a solvent used for degreasing surfaces has been reclassified as a carcinogen by …

Stripper stamps out the stink

Added: 18 Mar 2002

That 'new smell' - the one that hits you when you step into a brand new car - is on the way…

Allergic reactions

Added: 11 Mar 2002

Stuart Nathan looks at some of the facts behind food allergies, the ways food processors can minimi…

Buried dams help clean recycled water

Added: 6 Mar 2002

Scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation have found that di…

EC adopts proposal to restrict use of dangerous chemicals

Added: 22 Feb 2002

The EC has adopted a proposal to restrict the use by the general public of forty three chemicals wh…

Fuel cells for Nissan

Added: 19 Feb 2002

UTC Fuel Cells has signed development agreements with the Nissan Motor Company to develop f…

Arsenic and old wood

Added: 18 Feb 2002

The US wood industry has reached an agreement with the EPA to stop using arsenic in pressur…

Biomass-based power comes to Germany

Added: 18 Feb 2002

Foster Wheeler Energia Oy has been awarded three power plant projects in Germany in the wake of the…