An international team of 21 scientists investigated more than 350 compounds extracted from plants, fungi, and marine sponges to isolate potential precursors to antiviral drugs potentially effective against COVID-19 variants like omicron.
Read More >>Low level air pollution is deadlier than current models suggest according to new Canadian research that is improving our understanding of how fine particulate matter affects human health.
Read More >>En s’éloignant des méthodes plus classiques, une équipe de l’Université McGill a développé une façon plus durable de faire de la chimie.
Read More >>Inodore et sans saveur, l’iode est un élément discret qui n’a aucun intérêt culinaire. Il est pourtant ajouté au sel de table, sous forme d’iodure de potassium, dans pratiquement tous les pays du monde. Et pour cause …
Read More >>Accepteriez-vous de manger des bonbons, des glaces ou des pâtisseries dont les couleurs vibrantes auraient été extraites… de restes de table? Des chimistes mettent au point les couleurs de demain.
Read More >>Some mosquitoes feed almost exclusively on humans. The chemical odors they use to differentiate us from dogs, rats, pigs or birds were a mystery. Until now.
Read More >>University of Saskatchewan researchers use powerful synchrotron light to see how mercury from different sources acts in the brain.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>Le carbone noir, un polluant atmosphérique nuisible pour la santé et pour le climat, est détecté en grande concentration dans les villes nordiques.
Read More >>When the pandemic started Khashayar Ghandi, a materials chemist at the University of Guelph, had already been experimenting with using microwaves to kill bacteria and other pathogens. So he decided to see if the technique could work on the virus as well.
Read More >>A newly developed way to screen for vitamin D deficiency could help critically ill patients stave off hospital acquired infections and reduce the severity of respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19.
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