Among the major variables supporting the science around climate change is the amount of carbon that is stored in the world’s soil. Predictions about the state of our environment regularly hinge...
Read More >>Early in his career at McMaster University Medical Centre in Hamilton, Ont., while on his way to the cafeteria for coffee, Justin Nodwell regularly walked past the unit for premature babies, watching as jaundiced infants were wheeled into the sunlight for phototherapy treatment. The route also took him past the paediatric oncology unit, filled with...
Read More >>Gender issues in chemistry are obtaining an unprecedented profile in academic and industry circles, thanks in large part to the work of women in chemistry organizations across the country. These activities have accelerated dramatically with the creation...
Read More >>The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) is an annual competition celebrating the world’s most talented high school chemistry students. The top four Chemistry students from participating countries compete in...
Read More >>On August 2, 2018, the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), working with advocacy partner the Canadian Consortium for Research (CCR) submitted a pre-budget recommendation for the 2018 Feder
Read More >>The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) has announced the 2018 award winners. Official presentations will take place at the Awards Banquet at the 68th XXIX Interamerican Congress of Chemical Engineering, incorporating the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Toronto, ON, Oct. 28-31, 2018.
Read More >>For several years, during my first lecture of each semester I would invite my general chemistry students to introduce themselves to their neighbours. They would share their name, intended major, and favourite genre for reading.
Read More >>Duncan Hunter, now a professor emeritus in Western University’s Department of Chemistry, easily recalls the day in the late 1980s that he and his laboratory team were batting around ideas for improving the performance of a radioactive...
Read More >>Quick, think of a movie star. Who is it? George Clooney? Dwayne Johnson? Jennifer Lawrence? It’s a good bet that the name Fred Ott didn’t cross your mind! Yet Fred was the world’s first movie star.
Read More >>