Good spirits
BIOCHEMISTRY
Some real estate agents swear by the smell of baking bread as a way of enhancing the prospects of a house on the market. The yeasty aroma apparently heads straight to our brain...
Read More >>ARTMS targets molybdenum and potential customers
RADIOCHEMISTRY
Canadian researchers who have been collaborating since 2010 on an alternative approach to the production of medical radioisotopes are poised to launch a commercial venture to market their innovation globally....
Read More >>Batteries bolstered by taking their B2 vitamins
POLYMERS
Amid mounting expectations that we will be using ever more sophisticated batteries to power everything from portable electronics to our vehicles and homes, scientists are taking a fresh look at...
Read More >>Mitigation made to measure
PETROCHEMISTRY
On June 21, India launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre with 20 satellites aboard, including one made by the Canadian firm GHGSat...
Read More >>Silicon Renaissance
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Can silicon detect and fight cancer, turn a greenhouse gas like carbon dioxide into a fuel and form an inexpensive way to separate hydrogen from water? Is it possible to use the second-most abundant element in the Earth’s crust to create superior batteries for electric cars, low-cost lasers and literally dirt-cheap methods of detecting explosives?
Read More >>Siberian MOFs show nature still precedes nurture
GEOCHEMISTRY
When it comes to intricate molecular structures, researchers typically start by discovering nature’s handiwork, then build on it with their own creations. In a rare reversal of this order of...
Read More >>Medical breakthrough comes in the blink of an eye
HEALTH
Innovative chemical packaging provides a more efficient way of delivering medicine into the eye.
Read More >>Self-assembling macrocyclic molecules with chalcogens
FUNDAMENTALS
McMaster researchers have found a way to get complex cyclical molecules to assemble themselves.
Read More >>High school students compete at the Canadian Chemistry Olympiad
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
This past June proved to be a dynamic and busy month for chemistry students from the Atlantic provinces. Not only did Halifax host the 99th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, it also...
Read More >>New algorithms designed to break the glass ceiling
MATERIALS SCIENCE
The physics and chemistry of glass continue to challenge researchers, leading to a variety of different approaches.
Read More >>Grapevine
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Tsun-Kung Sham was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Sham was recognized for his leadership in establishing the Canadian Light Source research facility...
Read More >>June an all-chemistry month for Atlantic students
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
This past June proved to be a dynamic and busy month for chemistry students from the Atlantic provinces. Not only did Halifax host the 99th Canadian Chemistry Conference...
Read More >>Waterloo students win award for renewable micro-grid design
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
A team of University of Waterloo students took home the grand prize at the Hydrogen Education Foundation’s 2016 Hydrogen Student Design Contest. Teams from around the globe competed...
Read More >>Qatar University receives second-cycle accreditation
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) granted Qatar University (QU) its second-cycle accreditation this past June. QU received its first-cycle accreditation in 2011 and the second cycle reassessment involved a site visit by...
Read More >>CIC members encouraged to participate in federal review
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Last June the Government of Canada launched a review of federal funding for fundamental science. The review is being led by an independent panel of research leaders and innovators chaired by David Naylor, former president of the University of Toronto.
Read More >>Chemistry sector lacking diversity and equity
GUEST COLUMN
There is a perception that chemistry is an objective science, one that should be unaffected by the personal. We know that is not the case. We know that women...
Read More >>Common sense chemist
CLASS DISTINCTION
U of T PhD candidate Laura Reyes is committed to communicating the virtues of green chemistry.
Read More >>Extend patent protection to protect technologies
INTELLECTUAL MATTERS
As I have mentioned in the past, for an invention to be patentable, it must be both novel and inventive; the invention must be new and have...
Read More >>Then and Now
CHEMISTRY IN CANADA 1950
A dvertising in the 1950s pushed the limits of good taste — not to mention stereotyping — and Electric Reduction Company (ERCO) ads were no exception. While modern advertising continues to...
Read More >>Chemistry crucial to battling terrorism at airports
CHEMFUSION
We have become familiar with the routine at airports. Your carry-on bags are passed through an X-ray machine, after which an officer...
Read More >>Guest editor of special journal issue recognizing inorganic chemistry in Canada attends CSC conference
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Professor Adam Veige of the University of Florida, who was guest editor of a special Polyhedron issue focused on inorganic chemistry in Canada...
Read More >>Future road map
POLICY PUNDIT
The wild swings that affect research funding in Canada are well known to Gilles Patry. In 1993, when he became the new dean of engineering at the University of Ottawa,...
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