Canadian Chemical News articles from April 2002

Canadian Chemical News archives from April 2002

On the move to ecological and economic sustainability. (President's Column).(Brief Article)(Column)
April 1, 2002... Le present numero traite des ressources renouvelables et alternatives d'energie. Ce theme est d'une importance cruciale pour le bien-etre de note planete. Meme s'il existe beaucoup de demagogie sur les questions environnementales, il n'en...

Un-stemming the flow of Canadian Research. (Issues Revisited).(guidelines for stem cell research)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... On March 4, 2002, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced guidelines that will apply to all stem cell research being done by researchers and institutions receiving funding from this federal funding agency, and on hand to...

Industry. (Personals/Personnalites).(Diagnostic Chemicals Ltd., Imperial Oil Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... CIC members Stephen Hughes, MCIC, Tibor Breining, MCIC and ManLing Chan, MCIC, can brag about their workplace. A recent cover story in Maclean's on Canada's top 100 employers named Diagnostic Chemicals Ltd. as one of the chosen. Wayne Goodwin,...

Government. (Personals/Personnalites).(Alan Bernstein, one of Maclean's magazines' 50 Most Influential Canadians)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Alan Bernstein, professor of molecular and medical genetics at the University of Toronto and director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research was selected by Maclean's magazine for their listing of the 50 Most Influential Canadians, for...

Association. (Personals/Personnalites).(Society of Chemical Industry Canada)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... John Blachford, MCIC, president and CEO of H.L. Blachford Ltd., has been named chair of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Canada. A long-standing member of SCI, Blachford will preside over the SCI Canada centennial celebrations throughout...

Distinction. (Personals/Personnalites).(research fellowships, editing positions)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Russell Boyd, FCIC, has been reappointed to the international editorial board of the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, which is published in association with the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society and the ACS Division of...

Obituaries. (Personals/Personnalites).(Katherine Wells Oliver, Farouk Jacques-Marie Rajabalee)(Obituary)
April 1, 2002... Katherine Wells Oliver, MCIC was born June 16, 1952 in Penticton, BC. She passed away on December 2, 2001 after a long illness. Oliver earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of British Columbia, and received her PhD in...

Research at the borderlands: Steacie Fellowship goes to CIC member. (Personals/Personnalites).(Wolfgang Jager)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Wolfgang Jager, MCIC asks the kind of questions about the world that parents sometimes get from young children. Bedevillingly simple-sounding questions that probe at nature's essence. For example, how do you make water? What separates the...

Origami helps scientists solve problems. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Fold the paper in half and then fold it in half again and eventually that piece of paper will be transformed into an airplane, a, hat, or peace crane; Origami the ancient Japanese tradition of paper folding has long been recognized as an art,...

A high-protein diet that works. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Caprion Pharmaceuticals Inc. funds research at McGill University)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... McGill's technical innovations in proteomics have not only caught the eye and won the heart of Caprion Pharmaceuticals, but opened its wallet, too. In a collaborative agreement to expand Caprion's proteomics research, Caprion is providing...

Healthy chemicals to be the cure. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(report and forecast regarding the pharmaceutical industry)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The world pharmaceutical chemicals market will increase 6.3 percent annually to US$83.5 billion in 2005, according to a recent report from the Freedonia Group, Inc., and the eight largest drug-producing countries -- the U.S., Japan, Germany,...

Bug off, maggot! Make room for polymers. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(future use of polymers in place of pesticides)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... One day farmers might exchange pesticides for an industrial grade polymer that looks and acts like cotton candy as a major weapon against onion maggots, cabbage maggots, corn earworms and other agricultural pests. Michael P. Hoffmann, Cornell...

What's your Web of choice? (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... ChemIndustry.com (www.chemindustry.com) a large provider of free web-based comprehensive search services for the chemical and related industries worldwide, has kicked off of its first-ever contest to recognize the Internet's best chemical web...

Ready for anything in Canada. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
April 1, 2002... Emergency Preparedness Week 2002, a nationally recognized week during which activities are mounted to increase Canadian 's awareness of the importance of planning ahead and being prepared for potential emergency situations, is set for May 6 to...

Plastics skills shortage solved. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(employee training in the plastics industry)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... School's back in, in the plastics industry. A recent study indicates that the majority of employers in the plastics industry would be willing to pay $500 per employee for every 30 hours of training. The study was commissioned by the Canadian...

CCPA agrees to reduce pollution. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Canadian Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA) agrees to new pollution standards)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Canadian Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA) has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the governments of Canada, Alberta and Ontario that will lead to a reduction in pollutants, including those causing smog. The...

Phytosterol manufacturing plant complete and ready to compete. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. and Chusei Inc. joint forces to build new plant in Texas)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The demand for cholesterol-lowering food ingredients and pharmaceuticals has benefitted a Vancouver-based company. Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. and its joint venture partner Chusei Inc. of Pasadena, TX have completed construction of its US$16.2...

Chemical shifts: what's new in chemistry research? This bi-monthly column offers readers a concentrated look at the latest developments in chemistry from Canadian researchers. (Chemical Shifts).
April 1, 2002... A Witches' Brew It's pyrophoric, flammable, toxic and low boiling. It was isolated by accident in a failed attempt to generate an organic radical. Despite its checkered past, diethylzinc is the reagent of choice to make cyclopropanes. In...

The Canadian navigator has just landed in the new world. (Chemputing).
April 1, 2002... Enrico Fermi's coded message signalled the entry into a new era. In its way, Windows XP also represents a new era of computing. Before you enter this one, here are some dos and don'ts. Before this version, you could upgrade Windows 95 to 98...

Take it with a grain of salt. (Chemfusion).(history and health aspects of the use of salt)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The processed food industry loves salt. Sodium chloride is cheap, allows water to be retained, acts as a preservative and enhances flavor. As one salt promoter says, "salt is what makes things taste bad when it isn't in them." True enough. The...

Harnessing the sun: we won't be going back to the horse and buggy for power, but an even older energy source is worth a review. (Article).(use and application of solar cells)
April 1, 2002... Photovoltaic cells convert light energy directly into electrical power (Figure 1) for applications ranging from wristwatches to electric utilities to space vehicles. One may produce cells of just a few square centimetres, or combine modules...

Buried treasure: fortune hunters are looking closely now at fuel cells, but the technology has actually been available since 1838. Where has it been hidden all these years and why was it buried in the first place? (Article).
April 1, 2002... A major challenge facing mankind today is to find much needed solutions to the increasing impact of energy consumption on the urban and global environment. Greenhouse gas levels, particularly [CO.sub.2], have increased sharply since the...

Brewing the fat: U of T's David Boocock was the first to develop an economical process to turn waste food grease into usable diesel in 1999. Three years later, a full-scale plant is scheduled to open. (Article).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... An innovative and economical new technology for the production of biodiesel fuel has caught the attention of major North American renderers and earned the support and backing of the Canadian agricultural industry and government. Developed...

Feds fuelling the future: DuPont gets a fillup. (Article).(DuPont Canada Inc. and Technology Partnerships Canada to develop fuel cells)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The federal government has recognized the value of alternative energy, and it has chosen DuPont Canada for its patronage. In late February, DuPont Canada Inc. and Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) announced a four-year program to develop...

From gas to biomass and now vice versa. (Article).(Industry Overview)
April 1, 2002... With tensions high between the U.S. and the Middle East, the North American economy's reliance on oil has to be scrutinized. Biomass resources may offer an alternative solution in the form of hydrogen fuel and synthesis gas. It is a...

Stamped and approved: imprints of Canadian mining and metallurgy. (Article).(13 Canadian topical postage stamps reflect the country's mining industry history)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Mining plays an important role in the development of a country. The natural resources hidden in the folds of geography will determine its future wealth. This was the case for Canada, and a look at stamps from 1897 to today shows how important...

Assembling the research: meet the Canada Research Chairs. (Article).(Interview)
April 1, 2002... In the third installment of this series of interviews with Canada Research Chairs, Cathleen Crudden checks in on Sylvie Mann, York University's Canada Research Chair in Surface and Interfacial Chemistry, and one of the few Canadian...

Popular chemist visits Edmonton. (Local Section News).(Joe Schwarcz spoke at the University of Alberta)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... November 23 and 24, 2001, Joe Schwarcz of Discovery Channel fame offered Edmonton science buffs three opportunities to hear his stories in popular chemistry. All events were well attended and each explored a different aspect of his view of the...

Ottawa AGM and Dinner -- May 1. (Local Section News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Ottawa CIC Local Section will host its Annual General Meeting and Dinner lecture on May 1, 2002, 18:00-22:00 at Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus. Cost is $25/person, payable at the door. To reserve a seat or for more information, please...

Making changes, one baby step at a time. (Local Section News).(CIC and Society Boards )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Making changes one step at a time, being creative and finding an enthusiastic group of volunteers to carry them out are key aspects to success that the CIC and Society Boards have stressed in their strategic planning. Deep River CIC Local...

2001 MSED/Bayer Inc. Graduate Award in Polymer Science. (Division News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Erin K. Todd of the University of Manitoba (supervising professor Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, FCIC) and jianfei Yu of Simon Fraser University (supervising professor Steven Holdcroft, FCIC) are the recipients of the 2001 MSED/Bayer Inc. Graduate Award...

Bonjour a tous. (Student News).(Universite de Sherbrooke offers student chemists travel opportunities)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Apres un sejour en stage d'une duree de 4 mois pendant l'automne 2001, le chapitre etudiant de la SCGCh de l'Universite de Sherbrooke s'est reuni afin d'organiser les activites pour la session d'hiver 2002. Plusieurs choses sont a venir....

Students see Silver: the CIC is proud to announce the 2001 Silver Medal winners. The medals are awarded on behalf of each Society.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... CSC SILVER MEDAL WINNERS The Canadian Society for Chemistry encourages undergraduate students in chemistry and related subjects by offering an award to the student with the highest marks, entering his or her final year of studies at each...

Marianne Ariganello wins the 2001 Sarnia Chemical Engineering Scholarship. (Scholarship Fever).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Marianne Ariganello is in her last year of chemical engineering at Lakehead University. After graduation, her plans are to continue schooling, whether in the form of a master's program in biomedical engineering or a medical degree. ...

2001 SNC Lavalin Plant Design Competition winners announced. (Student News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The SNC Lavalin Plant Design Competition was held on Sunday, October 14, 2001 at the 51st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference & Exhibition in Halifax, NS. First place went to The University of Western Ontario. The members of this team...

The old... (NCW/SNC News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... News is still rolling in from the coordinators of 2001's National Chemistry Week/Semaine nationale de la chimie, held in October, and it looks like the fun was the order of the week. Dawson College marked the week with a chemical magic show...