As much as we might want to pride ourselves on inventing drugs, nature invariably beat us to the punch. Before we got pain relief from aspirin, for example, its key ingredient salicin could be extracted...
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Read More >>You would not think of touring a foreign country without a decent phrase book in your hip pocket or, better yet, a good grasp of the local language. Yet many chemistry students stumble into the distinctly foreign territory of organic chemistry with no such preparation.
Read More >>Blond, bubbly and blessed with an irresistible Aussie accent, Shari Forbes understands why people might not see her as someone who would spend her time scattering dead bodies around a...
Read More >>The old adage, “The job’s not finished ‘til the paperwork’s done,” is turned on its head when it comes to a Health Canada Drug Establishment License (DEL), where no job...
Read More >>IBC Advanced Alloys (IBC), a small firm based in Vancouver, has spent nearly a decade capturing the attention and business of customers building some of the world’s most sophisticated aerospace technology. The list includes industry giants like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency, Northrup Grumman, Raytheon and Boeing. Since last June the company has received...
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Read More >>It may come as little consolation to beleaguered executives at Volkswagen but the automotive giant could turn out to have been a victim of its own sophisticated software. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accused the company of deliberately rigging its...
Read More >>Researchers regularly grapple with the necessary evil of overcapacity. Their work is not possible without specialized and often very expensive pieces of equipment: sophisticated microscopes, spectrometers, centrifuges and other high-end infrastructure that make a lab capable of...
Read More >>Less than a week after being sworn in as prime minister last November, Justin Trudeau declared that he was “disappointed” when the US State Department and President Barack Obama officially rejected the Keystone XL pipeline. University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe was...
Read More >>However much it sounds like science fiction, we can envision the day when clinicians will be able to synthesize replacements for almost any part of our bodies using hardware little more complex than an ink jet printer. Already this technology can be used to...
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