En détectant des polluants jusqu’ici inconnus dans le fleuve Saint-Laurent, une équipe de l’Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) souligne la nécessité de mieux comprendre les risques engendrés par ces contaminants émergents.
Read More >>Big game hunters using lead bullets leave behind fragments that are significantly smaller than regular medical imaging has previously shown, and considerably more widely dispersed.
Read More >>SFU chemist develops strategy to shed light on how cyanobacteria fix CO2. The technique could lead to a better understanding of how cyanobacteria regulate their carbon capture system in order to genetically engineer them to store even more CO2.
Read More >>As the world begins to rely ever more on batteries to store and provide power as part of the fight against climate change, scientists are working hard to find ways to make those batteries hold more charge and last longer.
Read More >>Rail-based carbon capture plants could help mitigate the worst effects of climate change, says a team of international researchers including University of Toronto chemists Geoffrey Ozin and Alán Aspuru-Guzik.
Read More >>Transforming wood scraps, decayed wood and even sawdust into a material that is five times stronger than natural wood could divert staggering amounts of waste from landfills, says University of British Columbia chemical engineer Orlando Rojas.
Read More >>For 20 years, the mystery behind what was killing salmon in Seattle’s urban creeks seemed unsolvable. So when toxicologists at Washington State University unmasked the culprit last year, their findings made headlines. Now the same chemical is turning up in Canadian rivers.
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Read More >>Modelling the potential for carbon dioxide storage in undersea basalt formations, a Canadian team estimates that this technology, if scaled up, could remove carbon dioxide on a gigaton-per-year scale.
Read More >>From commercial applications of graphene nanofilms to turning food waste into sustainable bioplastics, the expansion of Canada’s advanced manufacturing industry also means expanded opportunities for chemists. Next Generation Manufacturing Canada...
Read More >>One of the world’s most promising materials in the quest to produce more efficient, robust and cheaper solar cells is defective. And that’s a good thing. Now there is new insight into how perovskites’ less-than-perfect crystal structure is an advantage.
Read More >>Et si l’aluminium aidait les océans à mieux séquestrer le dioxyde de carbone en favorisant la croissance du phytoplancton et en ralentissant sa dégradation ? C’est ce que suggèrent les résultats obtenus par des chercheurs chinois et québécois.
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