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April 2022
CIC News

Issue: April 2022

UBC chemists create new antimicrobial coating for fabric

BY: Lesley Evans Ogden

Researchers develop a polysiloxane coating for textiles that works through a combination of passive and active mechanisms to inactivate or decrease infectivity of pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2.

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Chemistry “café” an award-winning approach to scientific literacy

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

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.

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Innovative membrane electrolysis products a step closer to commercialization

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

Ten years after coming up with materials to inexpensively produce hydrogen using membrane-based electrolysis, Steven Holdcroft’s discovery is paying off.

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Trash to treasure for a carbon-rich component of bitumen?

BY: Lesley Evans Ogden

That question sparked the Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge sponsored by Alberta Innovates and the Clean Resource Innovation Network to accelerate carbon fibre development from petroleum waste products. Read on to find the answer.

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Mieux surveiller les contaminants dans le lait maternel

BY: Fanny Rohrbacher

Le lait maternel contient des concentrations élevées de PFAS, des produits chimiques dangereux pour la santé, prévient une étude canado-américaine. Les auteurs incitent la communauté scientifique à poursuivre les recherches.

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2022 Awards for Graduate Work (AGWIC) and Undergraduate Research (AURIC) in Inorganic Chemistry

BY: CIC

2022 Award Recipients in Graduate Work in Organic Chemistry (AGWIC) and Undergraduate Research in Inorganic Research (AURIC). Congratulations to the winners.

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CJCE April issue and latest virtual issue

BY: Tiffany Noel

Explore this month’s issue, containing a special section honouring Professor Kenneth O’Driscoll, and access our new virtual issue.

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