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June 2022
CIC News

Issue: June 2022

Pollution atmosphérique : le carbone noir plus présent dans les villes enneigées?

BY: Annie Labrecque

Le carbone noir, un polluant atmosphérique nuisible pour la santé et pour le climat, est détecté en grande concentration dans les villes nordiques.

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Queen’s chemist ‘never lost that child-like joy in discovering something new’

BY: Sharon Oosthoek

Victor Snieckus’s colleagues used to joke that if you wanted to track him down, you had to go to the airport. A highly respected synthetic organic chemist, he was such a sought-after speaker and collaborator that he was constantly criss-crossing the globe.

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Mercury in fish may not be as bad as we thought

BY: Brian Owens

University of Saskatchewan researchers use powerful synchrotron light to see how mercury from different sources acts in the brain.

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Science that gets under our skin

BY: Lesley Evans Ogden

Scientists are on a quest to create materials that mimic the sensory abilities of human skin for uses like the surfaces of robots and prosthetics. This skin-like salt-infused gel is a step towards that goal.

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Feux de forêt : quand notre santé part en fumée

BY: Chloé Bourquin

Vivre dans une zone régulièrement touchée par des feux de forêt pourrait augmenter le risque de certains cancers, révèle une étude de l’Université McGill.

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CJCE June issue and latest virtual issue

BY: Tiffany Noel

Access this Special Issue Honouring Professor Hisham Nasr-El-Din and our new virtual issue: Current Trends in Chemical Engineering Research

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