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Sharon Oosthoek
CIC News

Author: Sharon Oosthoek

Great Lakes microplastics concentrations surpass safe levels for fish

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

At the levels surveyed, aquatic wildlife are at risk of ingesting enough microplastics to fill their guts, diluting their regular food and its nutritional value.

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When moving at a snail’s pace is a good thing

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

Biomolecules from snails could one day be harnessed to fight a fungus that kills tens of thousands of people a year.

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Lionel scholarship winners find inspiration in titrations and Ninja Turtles

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

Scholarship targets high school students with a strong interest in chemistry, biochemistry or chemical engineering who would not be able to attend without significant financial assistance.

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Saving cryopreserved cells from ice damage

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

Safely deep freezing, thawing and transplanting cells for regenerative medicine is a challenge. PanTHERA CryoSolutions hopes to change that with the release of its first ice recrystallization inhibitor.

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Helping crops help themselves in their fight against pests

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

University-industry partnership aims to create a new type of chemical spray that helps plants fight their own battles and is less harmful to the environment.

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A natural material found in seaweed could be key to better bypass surgeries

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

A molecule found in seaweed can promote vascular cell growth and prevent blood clots in the lab, providing early promise of better outcomes in patients undergoing heart bypass surgeries.

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Chemists build a better rapid antigen test

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

As most of us know by now, the tradeoff of the ease and speed of rapid antigen tests is low sensitivity. But now a team of chemists from York University has figured out how to reduce false negatives without making the test overly difficult for home use.

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Environmentally-friendly packing materials represent important First Nations partnership

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

A biomaterials researcher and a First Nations community are teaming up in British Columbia to produce biodegradable packing foam using scrap wood from logging. The partnership aims to create a product that can break down much faster than Styrofoam, which is made from fossil fuels.

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Controversy grows over mining leases for battery minerals in Quebec’s natural areas

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

Municipalities and environmental groups are sounding the alarm over a recent spike in exploratory mining claims for critical minerals in natural areas and near parks in the province’s southern tourist region.

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A better understanding of air pollution’s health toll

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

Low level air pollution is deadlier than current models suggest according to new Canadian research that is improving our understanding of how fine particulate matter affects human health.

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New clues about the climate and health impacts of atmospheric chemicals

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

An international team of chemists has uncovered important information about how these particles add to air pollution, help deflect solar radiation and act as seeds for cloud formation.

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Mapping Canada’s blue carbon hotspots

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

If Canada is to live up to its commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, we will need a thorough accounting of the ecosystems that sequester carbon now, and in the future, say scientists.

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