Ivy could hold key to new products
American researchers are investigating new approaches to wound healing, creating stronger armour for the military and maybe even cosmetics with better staying power – and all thanks to a humble plant.
New research from The...
Drug research
The Sussex Drug Discovery Centre - part of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Sussex - has been awarded £1.8 million by the Medical Research Council to use biology and chemistry...
How an educational charity is supporting the chemicals industry
The Outward Bound Trust are working with Cogent Skills and the Science Industry Partnership (SIP) to develop apprenticeship training programmes based on the Life Sciences and Industrial Science (LS&IS) Trailblazer assessment plans.
About The Outward...
Attractions of carbon capture
Scientists are working on other ways of making hydrogen production greener. Hydrogen, for example, can be used as a key component of power stations; oil and natural gas contain hydrocarbons, molecules which contain hydrogen...
Investment grants boost region’s chemical sector
Businesses in the North West’s chemical sector and related industries are being encouraged to bid for a share of the £7.5 million Catalyst for Growth Fund.
This multi-million pound scheme – financed through the fourth...
CLP. Are you ready for 2015?
The arrival and implementation of REACH over the last few years has somewhat eclipsed another related Regulation regarding the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemical substances and mixtures (CLP).
The CLP Regulation came into force...
2.5 million man-hours without lost time accident
Thornaby based engineering firm K Home International Limited (KHI) is celebrating 2.5 million man-hours without a lost time accident by all employees at their head office and on clients’ project sites.
This result reflects a...
Working together – the key to business growth?
In August 2014, SABIC announced that it would invest for growth in the UK by modifying its cracker on Teesside into a gas cracker to take advantage of the shale gas revolution.
The investment, which...
The Added Value of Used Process Equipment
Perry Process Equipment’s extensive experience in the sale of used processing equipment has led them to develop a wide range of in-house services that allow you to find the most suitable solution for your...
Hosokawa Micron Ltd reveal the secrets of improving plant performance
Materials processors can now see for themselves how they can improve the performance of their plant and operations thanks to Hosokawa Micron’s new Performance Improvement Service’s on-line reference facility that intimately reveals a plant’s...