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Molecules on film

Added: 15 Nov 2002

A team of scientists from the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, Har…

It all gels for corn catalysis

Added: 14 Nov 2002

A team at the University of York's Clean Technology Centre has found a way to make highly effectiv…

Telecom switch destroys dioxin

Added: 14 Nov 2002

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

Sweet smell of success for perfume production

Added: 14 Nov 2002

Chemists at Valencia Polytechnic University in Spain have discovered a way to catalyse reac…

Dynegy sells remaining UK natural gas storage business to Centrica

Added: 14 Nov 2002

Dynegy today announced that it has sold its remaining Dynegy Storage assets in the United Kingdom t…

Bloodworm fangs hold drug delivery promise

Added: 13 Nov 2002

A marine worm's gruesome method of feeding may provide a key to making lightweight but dura…

Continuous progress

Added: 13 Nov 2002

Stuart Nathan reports on Genzyme's record-breaking pharmaceuticals plant in Sussex, which uses inno…

Handle with care

Added: 13 Nov 2002

Bulk solids handling plays an important rôle in many processes. From raw material import to final p…

Hydrogen purification

Added: 13 Nov 2002

Shell Hydrogen has purchased an equity stake in QuestAir Technologies, a company that has d…

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…

ABB to sell process arm

Added: 13 Nov 2002

ABB is to sell its Lummus Global chemical engineering division along with the rest of its oil, gas …

Waste not, recycle more

Added: 13 Nov 2002

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

Modular plants

Added: 13 Nov 2002

Emerson Process Management has landed a contract to design a control system for a series of 'fast t…

Model analysis

Added: 13 Nov 2002

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

Hive of activity

Added: 13 Nov 2002

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

Pearly whites

Added: 13 Nov 2002

Science fiction afficionados might think of nanotechnology in terms of microscopic robots. But in t…

Energy monitoring software cuts costs

Added: 13 Nov 2002

WinEnergy from Siemens Automaton and Drives is a software package for gathering, monitoring…

Purchasing additives

Added: 6 Nov 2002

The Japanese Kureha Chemical Industry company is to sell its global plastics additives business to …

A Community approach to nuclear safety

Added: 6 Nov 2002

Today, the European Commission proposed an 'unprecedented package' of measures that should …

Powell wins $7.5 million deepwater awards

Added: 5 Nov 2002

Powell Electrical Manufacturing Company has received contracts worth $7.5 million from ConocoPhilli…