When it comes to fuel cell catalysis, less is more
CATALYSIS
It is a chemical minimalist’s dream: use far less of a pricey catalyst and watch the output of your catalytic mechanism increase by two full orders of magnitude.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
University of Victoria civil engineering Professor Heather Buckley led a team that has won an international award for its contribution to resolving one of the leading challenges surrounding...
Read More >>Saskatchewan chemist strikes gold in the Dragon’s Den
MATERIALS
The ancient alchemists might have marveled at the season premiere of CBC television’s Dragon’s Den in September, when a University of Saskatchewan...
Read More >>Lithium oxygen battery researchers battle on
ENERGY
Decades after the lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery was first conceived, this design continues to capture the imagination of investigators who anticipate that it might yet improve energy density..
Read More >>Drug approval marks the end of a decades-long journey
PHARMACEUTICALS
Duncan Hunter, now a professor emeritus in Western University’s Department of Chemistry, easily recalls the day in the late 1980s that he and his laboratory team were batting around ideas for improving the performance of a radioactive...
Read More >>Accurate soil carbon measurement means digging for details
BIOCHEMISTRY
Among the major variables supporting the science around climate change is the amount of carbon that is stored in the world’s soil. Predictions about the state of our environment regularly hinge...
Read More >>New treatment possibilities accompany synthesis of animal-derived surfactant
BIOCHEMICALS
Infants born prematurely face a variety of challenges to their survival, starting with the simple act of breathing. It has taken medical researchers decades to understand and address a deficiency that compromises...
Read More >>McMaster researchers use high tech analysis to study dental implants
MATERIALS
The prospect of losing a tooth is never pleasant, but modern dentistry continues to make the problem more manageable. Over the last decade the field has been transformed by implant technology, which inserts a replacement tooth...
Read More >>NMR spectroscopy learns new tricks under pressure
SPECTROSCOPY
Researchers are rightly cautious about tinkering with the mechanics of expensive pieces of equipment like a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, but for a team at the National Institutes...
Read More >>Exploring chemistry’s great indoors
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
According to research published in Science earlier this year [http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6377/760.full], air pollution now ranks among top five threats to human health, a list that includes...
Read More >>Chemists get physical and RAge against bulk solvents
MATERIALS
Cellulose could qualify as Canada’s emblematic organic compound, the building block of the many different paper products that emerge from the country’s vast...
Read More >>Minimizing carbon and maximizing opportunity
ENERGY
Canada’s chemical sector should be well poised to wean the country’s economy off carbon, according to the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC).
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