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 >>CIC/SCI Canada award winners announced
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
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Read More >>Building public understanding with ‘molecular lego’
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Deoxyribonucleic acid, the blueprint of evolution, is arguably the world’s most famous molecule. But as McGill University’s Hanadi Sleiman explained to Toronto audiences last fall, the possible applications of DNA...
Read More >>Fireflies inspire LED coating
MATERIALS
The jagged pattern of scales on the abdomen of a firefly has inspired researchers to create a new coating for light emitting diodes (LEDs) that extracts 55 per cent more light than noncoated LEDs. Researchers in Belgium examined fireflies and noted scales with a periodically repeating...
Read More >>CNC-IUPAC travel awards help young researchers
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Three promising young chemists have received funding to travel to international conferences as part of the Canadian National Committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (CNC-IUPAC)...
Read More >>Bridging the science-society gap
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
In October, the CIC Vancouver Local Section hosted the 2012...
Read More >>Deep blue
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Copper (II) sulfate was the medium of choice for the 2012...
Read More >>ACCN goes to Parliament Hill
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
All of Canada’s 308 federal Members of Parliament are now being provided with...
Read More >>ACPO celebrates the big 5-0
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Fifty years ago this month, the Association of the Chemical...
Read More >>CIC and CSC award winners announced
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
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Read More >>Then and now
HISTORY
Shell was one of the first Canadian oil companies to expand beyond fuels to commodity chemicals like the methyl ethyl ketone trumpeted in this ad from the June 1949 issue...
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