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Hitting the road with Attraction chimique

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BY: CIC

For the second year in a row, Attraction chimique has received a grant of $5,000 from the CIC’s Chemical...

After 40 years, ChemEd comes home

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BY: CIC

This summer, ChemEd 2013 — North America’s largest gathering of chemistry educators — will return

Errors & Omissions insurance available for professional chemists

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BY: CIC

Accepting responsibility for one's work is a central tenet of being a professional — in practical application this means taking financial responsibility should there...

The ‘ole cola trick draws a crowd

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BY: CIC

Charles Lucy, a professor in the chemistry department at the University of Alberta, prepares to do a Diet-Coke-and- Mentos demonstration as part of an evening event organized by the Edmonton...

CIC/SCI Canada award winners announced

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BY: CIC

See this year’s winners of the CIC/SCI Canada awards

Building public understanding with ‘molecular lego’

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BY: CIC

Deoxyribonucleic acid, the blueprint of evolution, is arguably the world’s most famous molecule. But as McGill University’s Hanadi Sleiman explained to Toronto audiences last fall, the possible applications of DNA...

CNC-IUPAC travel awards help young researchers

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BY: CIC

Three promising young chemists have received funding to travel to international conferences as part of the Canadian National Committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (CNC-IUPAC)...