A budding future for the cannabis chemical factory
PHARMACOLOGY
The biotechnology research facility Anandia Laboratories is situated in a three-storey building at an undisclosed location...
Read More >>ChemCon 2018 hosted by Saint Mary’s University
EDUCATION
The 43rd Annual Science Atlantic/Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Student Chemistry Conference — more commonly known as ChemCon 2018 — was held at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, NS on June 7-9, 2018. This annual conference provides an opportunity...
Read More >>Inclusion & diversity: LOGICal steps to a brighter future in chemistry
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
To coincide with the 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference & Exhibition, the University of Alberta Women in Chemistry (UAWIC) hosted the 2018 Leaders Overcoming Gender Inequality in Chemistry (LOGIC) retreat on May 26 & 27, 2018.
Read More >>CSC’s annual conference promotes inclusion, diversity, and equity
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2018), welcomed over 2200 delegates from 38 countries who participated in 92 technical sessions including 15 sessions addressing inclusion, diversity and equity...
Read More >>Two chemists among the Canada 150 Research Chairholders
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
At a ceremony in Ottawa on March 29, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, revealed the list of 24 Canada 150 Research Chairs selected through a program...
Read More >>STEAM Horizon Award 2018 Winners Announced
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The Ingenium Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 STEAM Horizon Awards. The outstanding students received their awards at the Canada Science and Technology Museum on May 15, 2018.
Read More >>CSC President’s Event fosters brainstorming session
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
This year’s CSC conference featured a new format for the President’s Event. Outgoing president Kim Baines, FCIC, took up the challenge of how to make inclusion, diversity, and equity a priority for everyone...
Read More >>Meet your 2018-2019 CIC and CSC Boards
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The 2018-2019 Board of Directors for the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) and the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) were elected and announced at their respective Annual General Meetings on May 30, 2018 in Edmonton. Thank you to the outgoing individuals for...
Read More >>NMR spectroscopy learns new tricks under pressure
SPECTROSCOPY
Researchers are rightly cautious about tinkering with the mechanics of expensive pieces of equipment like a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, but for a team at the National Institutes...
Read More >>Exploring chemistry’s great indoors
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
According to research published in Science earlier this year [http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6377/760.full], air pollution now ranks among top five threats to human health, a list that includes...
Read More >>Green chemistry brings its virtues to the classroom
GREEN CHEMISTRY
Why teach green chemistry? It’s a reasonable question to ask. Green chemistry is not so much a sub-discipline of chemistry — like analytical or organic chemistry — as it is an overarching...
Read More >>Marketers berry the data
CHEMFUSION
“Blueberry” is a magic term these days when it comes to marketing. Supermarket shelves brim with blueberry yogurts, muffin mixes, waffles, juices, and even blueberry pills — all with...
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