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Detection and DSEAR
Added: 14 Sep 2005
The wide ranging Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) call for best…

Fieldbus in the future
Added: 14 Sep 2005
ABB's Gareth Johnston assesses the current fieldbus market situation and looks at future prospects …
Bursting discs
Added: 14 Sep 2005
Bursting discs are essential safety components found in the protection of most pressurised systems.
Field communications
Added: 14 Sep 2005
The world’s largest installation of Foundation Fieldbus has recently gone into commercial operation…
Electron tailoring tunes catalyst activities
Added: 14 Sep 2005
Israel Wachs of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is using molecular engineering to desi…
Nanotube processing
Added: 14 Sep 2005
Researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology have now discovered a method…
Bio-catalyst solution for developing countries
Added: 14 Sep 2005
A team from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh is working on a low-cost solution to the problem of…
Ammonia economy
Added: 14 Sep 2005
According to a Danish researcher, the hydrogen economy might not turn out to be based on hydrogen a…
Extrusion and reaction
Added: 14 Sep 2005
A University of Bradford researcher believes he can use extruders as reactors.

Hydrogen from biomass for power
Added: 14 Sep 2005
Biomass could also be a source of hydrogen, for the next generation of fuel cell-based power plants.
Federation members join weight watchers
Added: 14 Sep 2005
UK Weighing Federation members are facing a strict external audit to ensure they are following thei…

World’s largest peat-fired station
Added: 14 Sep 2005
The West Offaly Power Station at Shannonbridge, ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-micro…
Energy policy forges ahead
Added: 14 Sep 2005
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£1 billion heads for NE
Added: 14 Sep 2005
A survey among members of the North East of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) has revealed t…
Green light for UK chemicals
Added: 14 Sep 2005
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Water enhances catalysis
Added: 13 Sep 2005
Water, usually an inhibitor of catalytic reactions, can sometimes promote them, according to US res…
Flu vaccine
Added: 12 Sep 2005
GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire ID Biomedical, the Canadian vaccine developer and manufacturer, for $…
Hard-shell capsule
Added: 12 Sep 2005
Stanelco has developed an edible, starch-based capsule that can be used for dietary supplements and…

Gas from Russia
Added: 8 Sep 2005
Gazprom, BASF and E.ON have formed a joint venture to construct a gas pipeline over 1,200 km long t…