A newly developed way to screen for vitamin D deficiency could help critically ill patients stave off hospital acquired infections and reduce the severity of respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19.
Read More >>Launched in 2004, Café CIC is the Edmonton Section’s biggest event of the year. Its success has earned its organizers SCI Canada’s Outreach Award.
Read More >>Ten years after coming up with materials to inexpensively produce hydrogen using membrane-based electrolysis, Steven Holdcroft’s discovery is paying off.
Read More >>University of British Columbia researchers recently created a prototype battery works when twisted or stretched to twice its normal length and even after being tossed in the laundry.
Read More >>Researchers at the University of Toronto have come up with a polymer coating that lets low surface tension liquids move over longer distances than currently possible, without losing any of the liquid.
Read More >>For 20 years, the mystery behind what was killing salmon in Seattle’s urban creeks seemed unsolvable. So when toxicologists at Washington State University unmasked the culprit last year, their findings made headlines. Now the same chemical is turning up in Canadian rivers.
Read More >>Doug Ruthven’s was a professor of chemical engineering at the University of New Brunswick from 1966 to 1995 and at the University of Maine from 1995 to 2018. One of the leading pioneers in adsorption science and engineering, Ruthven passed away on September 23 at the age of 82.
Read More >>Little-known fact: the things we like about chocolate – its creamy smooth texture and how it melts in our mouths – are thanks to the crystal structure of cocoa butter. Now University of Guelph researchers have found a way to create that perfect crystal structure while simplifying the fussy tempering process.
Read More >>Pudupadi (Sundar) Sundararajan had an unrivalled knowledge of polymer chemistry, an impressive scientific pedigree and an unwavering commitment to helping students find free food.
Read More >>Researchers have found a way to shield organs from rejection following a transplant by using a special sugar coating inside of blood vessels in the organ.
Read More >>Canada’s legal cannabis market grew 118% in 2020 and is expected to grow another 60% this year, according to market research firm, Brightfield Group. This explosive rise in popularity, fueled by Ottawa’s 2018 legalization, makes it both a frustrating and exciting time to be a chemist in the cannabis industry.
Read More >>One of the world’s most promising materials in the quest to produce more efficient, robust and cheaper solar cells is defective. And that’s a good thing. Now there is new insight into how perovskites’ less-than-perfect crystal structure is an advantage.
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