Wrangling with resistance
PHARMACEUTICALS
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...
Read More >>Rising hopes for rare isotopes
ISOTOPES
Even to an untrained eye, the difference between two positron emission tomography...
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PHARMACOLOGY
The biotechnology research facility Anandia Laboratories is situated in a three-storey building at an undisclosed location...
Read More >>Chemistry on fentanyl’s front line
PHARMACEUTICALS
The British Columbia Coroners Service Death Review Panel’s report on drug overdose deaths, released last month, was grim and to the point. “The clearest...
Read More >>Canada’s CRISPR conundrum
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Bacteria were the original forms of life to appear on earth some four billion years ago, while our own tenure on the planet...
Read More >>Neutron quest
MATERIALS
Canada is quietly marking a scientific and technological milestone this spring with the final shutdown of the National Research Universal (NRU)...
Read More >>The Carbon Catalogue
RADIOISOTOPES
A Canadian database is emerging as the planet’s biggest repository of radiocarbon dates. Its overseer dreams of a single global database that will revolutionize archaeology.
Read More >>Lighten a heavy load
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Chemical engineering professor Pedro Pereira-Almao and chemical engineer Luis Alejandro Coy are part of a University of Calgary team...
Read More >>Pipe Cleaner
PETROCHEMISTRY
An oilfield worker from BP Exploration first noticed the acrid smell while driving near the...
Read More >>The future is microscopic
BIOCHEMISTRY
Watch any New York City cop drama, from Law & Order to Blue Bloods, and you will see what filmmakers call an “establishing” shot.
Read More >>Hold your nose
BIOCHEMISTRY
Humanity’s use of essential oils goes back thousands of years, with natural agents such as frankincense playing...
Read More >>Green Skies Ahead
BIOCHEMISTRY
In one of several town-hall meetings held across the country early this year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sparked controversy by pointing to the need for Canada...
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