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Setting a new standard for process safety
Added: 18 Oct 2001
Safety is a priority for the process industries, as Sira's David Lewis reminds us in this update on…Bubbles bring water problems
Added: 18 Oct 2001
Research carried out by a US graduate student has identified that air bubbles can cause ser…
BOC promotes supercritical waste process
Added: 18 Oct 2001
BOC and Swedish firm Chematur Engineering are joining forces to promote the use of supercritical wa…Eliminate nitrates
Added: 18 Oct 2001
A process known as 'Eliminate' reduces nitrate levels in water without generating more, potentially…Hard questions follow on the heels of Toulouse blast
Added: 18 Oct 2001
Stuart Nathan reports on the aftermath of the massive explosion at Grande Paroisse's ammonium nitra…CIA announces 'best ever' safety results
Added: 18 Oct 2001
The UK chemical industry has reported its best-ever safety results for 2000, with accidents…
Paving the way to a greener future
Added: 9 Oct 2001
At Staffordshire University, researchers are converting crushed glass collected from bottle banks i…Reprocessing plant gets green light
Added: 5 Oct 2001
British Nuclear Fuels Limited has been given approval by the UK Government to use the Sellafield Mi…Foam manufacturers to try-out new recycling technology
Added: 3 Oct 2001
The Dow Chemical Company and Mobius Technologies are to install a proprietary polyurethane …
Optimising PET recycling
Added: 28 Sep 2001
Schmalbach-Lubeca has developed a new recycling system for the production of new beverage bottles f…Novel membrane makes filtration cheaper
Added: 24 Sep 2001
University of Arkansas researchers have developed a novel membrane that can reduce the cost and imp…Research focuses on icy challenges
Added: 21 Sep 2001
The special challenges confronting oil producers working in the Arctic will be the focus of…
Recycling project offers potential to save industry £50m per annum
Added: 20 Sep 2001
A two-year project has been established to develop a cost effective automated technique for the eff…Government sets out its terms for emissions trading
Added: 17 Sep 2001
Stuart Nathan looks at what the government's framework is for its emissions trading scheme, to run …Photosynthesis in a beaker?
Added: 17 Sep 2001
In a step toward creating energy from sunlight as plants do, MIT researchers have invented a compou…Tiny fuel cells power mobiles
Added: 3 Sep 2001
By using carbon nanotube technology, a Japanese consortium has developed a tiny fuel cell for mobil…Separation system offers coal a new hope
Added: 22 Aug 2001
Researchers at the Inorganic Membrane Technology Laboratory have developed a means of separating an…Solar kiln is kind on costs
Added: 21 Aug 2001
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have created an environmentally friendly solar powered ki…New process may cotton on
Added: 20 Aug 2001
A textile scientist at North Carolina State University is developing a method of dyeing cotton that…