Atmospheric chemistry mission celebrates 10th anniversary
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Doing science in space is always a difficult business, where even the best laid plans suffer from the challenges of cold, vacuum and radiation.
Read More >>The stem of the matter
BIOCHEMISTRY
With their amazing ability to develop into any cell type in the human body, pluripotent stem...
Read More >>Beer brewing 101 at Simon Fraser University
EDUCATION
Beer brewing is one of humanity’s oldest chemical undertakings, undoubtedly dating from a prehistoric period when we first began to appreciate how to employ yeast for converting sugars and grains to alcohol.
Read More >>New quantum laboratory opens at University of Waterloo
MATERIALS SCIENCE
The advent of electronic systems that can operate at the level of quantum interactions promises to usher in an era of unprecedented computer processing speed and information storage. Before this revolution can begin, however, scientists need to make the raw materials that will go into this new equipment. This past December, the University of Waterloo opened up a laboratory to do just that.
Read More >>Imaging boost for fuel cells
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The same tomographic imaging technique that provides doctors and surgeons with vital views inside their patients is now being adapted to improve the performance of hydrogen fuel cells. Researchers at Simon Fraser University are working with Burnaby-based Ballard Power Systems to apply a new tool for testing and characterizing these devices.
Read More >>Persistent Contamination
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Survival in the Arctic has always been about finding food in a harsh land, as many European explorers learned the hard way. Some, such as Roald Amundsen of Norway, made...
Read More >>Mass Appeal
COMMUNICATIONS
By day you can find Rui Resendes at the Kingston, Ont. headquarters of GreenCentre Canada.
Read More >>Analyzing oligosaccharides to detect adulterated juice
FOOD CHEMISTRY
In the mid-1980s, a Florida citrus growers’ organization offered $50,000 to anyone who could develop an analytical technique for detecting orange juice adulterated with cheap beet juice. Graduate student Nicholas Low, who was working on enzymes responsible for carbohydrate hydrolysis, thought he had a solution.
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