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BIOCHEMISTRY
Some real estate agents swear by the smell of baking bread as a way of enhancing the prospects of a house on the market. The yeasty aroma apparently heads straight to our brain...
Read More >>ARTMS targets molybdenum and potential customers
RADIOCHEMISTRY
Canadian researchers who have been collaborating since 2010 on an alternative approach to the production of medical radioisotopes are poised to launch a commercial venture to market their innovation globally....
Read More >>Siberian MOFs show nature still precedes nurture
GEOCHEMISTRY
When it comes to intricate molecular structures, researchers typically start by discovering nature’s handiwork, then build on it with their own creations. In a rare reversal of this order of...
Read More >>Batteries bolstered by taking their B2 vitamins
POLYMERS
Amid mounting expectations that we will be using ever more sophisticated batteries to power everything from portable electronics to our vehicles and homes, scientists are taking a fresh look at...
Read More >>Medical breakthrough comes in the blink of an eye
HEALTH
Innovative chemical packaging provides a more efficient way of delivering medicine into the eye.
Read More >>Introducing isotopes interactively
FUNDAMENTALS
A new Web site showcases the many facets of these elemental variants.
Read More >>Brewing a new computer model for drug discovery
BIOCHEMISTRY
For the past few years, brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has been teaching a computer network how to look for new drugs. To be more precise, this powerful model organism is driving the development...
Read More >>Hydroelectric station could generate methylmercury
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
The hazards posed by fluid mechanics exercises are well known and accepted by anyone who engages in this diabolically complex modelling procedure. Nevertheless, when those hazards graduate from mathematical...
Read More >>Chemical hazards receive a communications update
REGULATIONS
Canada has set standards for industrial chemical hazard communication since 1988, when the federal government introduced the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS). This system provided the communications framework...
Read More >>Fungal furniture finds footing on university campus
MATERIALS SCIENCE
A set of white benches located outside the campus bookstore at the University of British Columbia would fit in with any collection of contemporary furniture made from concrete or sturdy plastic...
Read More >>Key biomolecular players unlock stem cell potential
HEALTH
Few physiological discoveries have achieved the popular profile awarded to stem cells, touted as biological superheroes with the power to replace diseased and damaged cells almost anywhere in the body.
Read More >>Research centre preps biomaterials for auto industry
MATERIALS SCIENCE
Order up the raw materials for a batch of fibreglass composite and you will also receive a detailed list of measured physical specifications for each and every ingredient, so there will be no surprises when combining them. But in the...
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