Introducing isotopes interactively
FUNDAMENTALS
A new Web site showcases the many facets of these elemental variants.
Read More >>Hydroelectric station could generate methylmercury
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
The hazards posed by fluid mechanics exercises are well known and accepted by anyone who engages in this diabolically complex modelling procedure. Nevertheless, when those hazards graduate from mathematical...
Read More >>Chemical hazards receive a communications update
REGULATIONS
Canada has set standards for industrial chemical hazard communication since 1988, when the federal government introduced the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS). This system provided the communications framework...
Read More >>Fungal furniture finds footing on university campus
MATERIALS SCIENCE
A set of white benches located outside the campus bookstore at the University of British Columbia would fit in with any collection of contemporary furniture made from concrete or sturdy plastic...
Read More >>Key biomolecular players unlock stem cell potential
HEALTH
Few physiological discoveries have achieved the popular profile awarded to stem cells, touted as biological superheroes with the power to replace diseased and damaged cells almost anywhere in the body.
Read More >>Research centre preps biomaterials for auto industry
MATERIALS SCIENCE
Order up the raw materials for a batch of fibreglass composite and you will also receive a detailed list of measured physical specifications for each and every ingredient, so there will be no surprises when combining them. But in the...
Read More >>Brewing a new computer model for drug discovery
BIOCHEMISTRY
For the past few years, brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has been teaching a computer network how to look for new drugs. To be more precise, this powerful model organism is driving the development...
Read More >>Cleaning up oil sands tailings with gamma irradiation
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
An investigation that began as a straightforward chemical analysis of oil sands tailings has yielded a patented method for turning this tainted material into a rich biological habitat.
Read More >>Using DNA as a printing press to create nanostructures
BIOCHEMISTRY
Just as hydrocarbons ranked as perhaps the most influential family of complex molecules in the 20th century, DNA may well be on its way to claiming that title for the 21st. Since it was first characterized in the 1950s, this intricate double helix biopolymer has opened up new frontiers in the study of life on earth, including an unprecedented understanding of how our own bodies grow and develop.
Read More >>Post-combustion scrubbers efficient at CO2 capture
CARBON CAPTURE
Given the widespread desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, many observers expect carbon capture technology to become as common...
Read More >>Unlocking the mystery of chain-branching mechanisms
FUNDAMENTALS
Many organic reactions, including industrially significant reactions in biomass processing and petroleum refining, involve chemical...
Read More >>To cut back on carbon-based fuels, get heavy on the metal
MATERIALS SCIENCE
When it comes to technological alternatives designed to wean our economy off carbon-based energy sources, metal fuels definitely count among...
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