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August 2019
CIC News

Issue: August 2019

Marijuana begins to yield its chemical secrets

CHEMISTRY FOR HEALTH
BY: Tim Lougheed

Much was already known about the chemical make-up of marijuana last year before the federal government passed Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, which legalized general...

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A Maritime meeting this fall

CONFERENCES
BY: Tim Lougheed

Labour Day is coming up fast, along with the early registration deadline for the 69th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference on September 9th. The event will take  place October 20-23 at...

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Microfluidics turns to multipoles

RESEARCH & INNOVATION
BY: Tim Lougheed

The past two decades have been a heyday for the field of microfluidics, which has adapted highly accurate etching methods from the information technology industry to create miniaturized arrays where...

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Can. J. Chem. Eng. Virtual Issue

PUBLICATIONS
BY: Claire Duncan

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering has a new Virtual Issue, featuring all of the papers in our Experimental Methods in Chemical Engineering series. This special series of mini-review papers...

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Q&A: A researcher describes her path toward energy and environmental innovation

CAREERS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BY: Tim Lougheed

In the heart of Downtown Toronto lies a nanoengineering laboratory that is determined to have...

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Measuring milk’s many micronutrients

RESEARCH & INNOVATION
BY: Tim Lougheed

Milk may be among our most familiar and venerable parts of the human diet, but its complex chemistry still holds a few mysteries and surprises. Most analyses have focused on...

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Alberta pilot plant marks the latest milestone for Forward Water

CHEMISTRY FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
BY: Tim Lougheed

At the beginning of 2017 Canadian Chemical News offered an introduction to Forward Water, a start-up company that was spun off from research led by Philip Jessop, a professor in...

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