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Taking a long view of engineering

Added: 19 Jun 2001

Phil Wright highlights the benefits that businesses operating process plants can gain from includin…

EU can reach Kyoto target according to new report

Added: 12 Jun 2001

A new report from the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) indicates that the EU's 8% greenhous…

NREL team to help improve process engineering

Added: 4 Jun 2001

The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is teaming up with Broin …

Fuels from biomass

Added: 29 May 2001

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a process involving the product…

Vibration technique produces stronger, environmentally friendly plastics

Added: 29 May 2001

A Lehigh University professor has developed a simple device that vibrates molten plastic in an inje…

Bulb eater eats bulbs

Added: 18 May 2001

Once in a while, someone invents a product that you can just tell will be a success. The Air Cycle …

'BioOil' process nets development grant

Added: 17 May 2001

Canadian-based renewable energy specialist DynaMotive is to receive a £1.16million grant from the …

Letter of intent fuels cell development

Added: 14 May 2001

Millennium Cell and Air Products and Chemicals are discussing the possibility of entering into a jo…

Could the climate change from anger to acceptance?

Added: 11 Apr 2001

It's been a long time coming, but most companies affected will by now know that the Climate…

Golden nuggets

Added: 11 Apr 2001

Porous gold could become an important material for catalysis, especially in biomedical applications…

Weathering the storm

Added: 11 Apr 2001

The Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme can help companies take some of the sting out of the Climate …

Plutonium storage made simple

Added: 10 Apr 2001

Chemists at Los Alamos have discovered a new reaction process that may help with the problems invol…

Patented process gives sludge a second chance

Added: 3 Apr 2001

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology have developed and patented a process by which …

Walking the tightrope to ensure safety and profits

Added: 15 Mar 2001

'The ensuing slanging match between environment-alists and the industry has been one of the most co…

Dramatically reducing emissions

Added: 5 Mar 2001

The results of a test of a new diesel fuel additive show reductions in toxic diesel emissions that …

A new use for your old crab

Added: 27 Feb 2001

It might not seem like a big deal. But research into processing crab waste has won a Maryland-based…

Thermo King develops cool transport system

Added: 19 Feb 2001

Ingersoll-Rand's Thermo King unit has developed an innovative transport refrigeration syste…

France for fuel

Added: 19 Feb 2001

Air Liquide and Nuvera Fuel Cells are to form a joint venture that will develop and market …

DuPont forms fuel cell business

Added: 9 Feb 2001

DuPont has formed a fuel cell business unit to pursue growth in the emerging proton exchang…

Seeing the cold light of sustainable development

Added: 7 Feb 2001

New scientific evidence published this month in Science magazine points to a thinning of th…