Hitting the road with Attraction chimique
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
For the second year in a row, Attraction chimique has received a grant of $5,000 from the CIC’s Chemical...
Read More >>After 40 years, ChemEd comes home
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
This summer, ChemEd 2013 — North America’s largest gathering of chemistry educators — will return
Read More >>Errors & Omissions insurance available for professional chemists
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Accepting responsibility for one's work is a central tenet of being a professional — in practical application this means taking financial responsibility should there...
Read More >>The ‘ole cola trick draws a crowd
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Charles Lucy, a professor in the chemistry department at the University of Alberta, prepares to do a Diet-Coke-and- Mentos demonstration as part of an evening event organized by the Edmonton...
Read More >>A good mix for innovation
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Laurence Meadows of Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization that funds internships and fellowships to encourage innovation, presents at a Vancouver Local Section event in...
Read More >>Glycan capture technique sheds light on cell surface proteins
BIOCHEMISTRY
A new technique for capturing glycosylated proteins, developed by a researcher at Simon Fraser University, has provided fresh insight into the relationship between the structure and function of these biomolecules,...
Read More >>Gold & DNA simplify disease detection
HEALTH
A clever combination of functional DNA and gold nanoparticles has produced a point-of-care diagnostic system that could allow medical workers in developing countries to achieve faster and cheaper detection of many common diseases. ...
Read More >>New compounds fight drug-resistant flu viruses
PHARMACEUTICALS
A new class of compounds that can fight influenza by preventing the virus from spreading has been developed by an international team led by chemists...
Read More >>Gold-forming molecule identified in bacterium
BIOCHEMISTRY
A Canadian team of researchers has identified a molecule used by a bacterium to convert soluble gold ions into insoluble elemental gold. Although soluble gold ions are inhibitory to most...
Read More >>New technique improves NMR spectroscopy
TECHNIQUES
A new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy technique developed at the University of Ottawa allows physical chemists to...
Read More >>‘Rusty’ catalysts advance renewable energy storage
ENERGY
University of Calgary researchers have developed a new family of amorphous catalysts based on iron oxide — rust — that turns water into hydrogen fuel. The innovation could improve systems...
Read More >>Carbon nanotubes could help mend broken hearts
MATERIALS
A collaboration between Harvard University and the University of Waterloo has produced a carbon nanotube-reinforced scaffold for growing cardiomyocytes — heart muscle cells — in the lab.
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