Canadian Chemical News articles from June 2004

Canadian Chemical News archives from June 2004

The right tools for the job: how will the equipment needs of Canadian researchers be met?(Guest Column)(Canada Foundation for Innovation)
June 1, 2004... There is reason for Canadian scientists to be optimistic about the future. Our prime minister appears to have a healthy appreciation of the importance of science and technology in building Canada's future, and in recognition of this, has...

Monkey business.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2004... William E. Rees wrote an informed and disturbing article about our energy future in the April 2004 issue of ACCN. Historically, it gave me a sense of deja vu. About 100 years ago, informed and disturbing articles were written, foreseeing a...

Jillian Buriak.(Distinction)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Lillian Buriak, MCIC, senior researcher at the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and a professor in the department of chemistry at the University of Alberta (U of A), was named to fire 2003 edition of "Canada's Top 40 Under 40[TM]."...

Fiona Brinkman.(Distinction)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Simon Fraser University's Fiona Brinkman is on a roll. At the age of 36, the assistant professor of molecular biology and biochemistry has collected her third major career achievement award for work that often takes a lifetime to perform....

Member of the Order of Canada.(Distinction)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Theodore IL Schaefer, FCIC, has been appointed Member of the Order of Canada. Air eminent researcher add scholar in the field of spectroscopy, Schaefer is University Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba. His many seminal papers...

Gregory Scholes.(Distinction)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Gregory Scholes of the University of Toronto's chemistry department has won the highly sought U.S.-based Sloan Research Fellowship. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of New York awards 116 fellowships annually to the very best young faculty...

P. (Sundar) Sundararajan.(Distinction)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... P. (Suudar) Sundararajan, FCIC, is the winner of the Materials Chemistry Award of the 16th Canadian Materials Science Conference that was held June 5-8, 2004 in Ottawa, ON. He delivered the Award Lecture on carbon nanotube/ polymer composites....

Canadian Light Source (CLS).(Distinction)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Mary Anne White, FCIC, has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Canadian Light Source (CLS). The CLS is a third-generation, national synchrotron facility in Saskatoon, SK. She has also been selected as this year's...

In memoriam.(Personals)
June 1, 2004... The CIC offers its condolences to the families of: Pierre Desjardins, MCIC Dimitrios V. Favis, FCIC M. Lucien Girouard, MCIC Yung-Cheh Lu, MCIC Douglas E. Ryan, FCIC

Canada ranks no. 1 for R&D costs.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... In February 2004, KPMG released the latest edition of its international cost comparison study, "A CEO's Guide to International Business Costs." The study models the cost of investing in a new facility in 11 countries, including all of the G7...

Evolution in a beaker.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Scientists at North Carolina State University have discovered that RNA can be used to create tiny, novel, inorganic particles. Daniel Feldheim, associate professor of chemistry, Bruce Eaton, professor of chemistry, and doctoral student,...

Pulp and paper pumped up.(Technology Partnerships Canada)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The federal government will invest $8.7 million to help develop environmentally friendly pulp and paper manufacturing technologies. This Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) investment is part of a $29-million research and development project...

Chemical cruise.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A chemical once used in pesticides in Asia has accumulated thousands of miles away in Canada, according to a University of Toronto (U of T) study. High concentrations of alphahexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) were detected in the atmosphere of Sable...

SemBioSys signs with Dow.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... SemBioSys Genetics Inc., a Canadian biotechnology company, has signed a feasibility agreement with Dow AgroSciences LLC, of Indianapolis, IN, for the Stratosome[TM] Biologics System and its application to animal health biologics. Under the...

Redouble recycling efforts.(Associaton of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Associaton of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has begun an urgent campaign to reverse the waning North American plastic container recycling rate. The association is responding to a membership declaration that the continued critical...

Perc has peaked.(Perchloroethylene)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... At one time, the largest market for perchloroethylene (perc) in North America was for use in dry cleaning. Increasing regulatory pressure has seen its use for this purpose decline substantially as new dry cleaning practices and alternative...

Helpful hemp.
June 1, 2004... If Mohmi Sain, MCIC, had his way, cars of the future may be fitted with tough, durable, and completely biodegradable bumpers made of hemp. Sain is a professor in University of Toronto's faculty of forestry and department of chemical...

Bioprocesses upstage "Plain Old" chemistry.
June 1, 2004... Exciting advances in biotechnology are driving the increasing acceptance of biotech products in several industries--especially pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and chemicals. Bioprocesses sometimes eliminate conventional steps in chemical...

Return to sender: beware of e-mail viruses sent from false friends.(Chemputing)
June 1, 2004... My wife got an e-mail with a virus attached to it. I took one look and telephoned my son to give him real (expletive deleted) for sending a virus to his mother. Of course he denied it and while we were talking, I did some checking. He was...

Pop quiz: summer's here! and class is done. So put down your pencils and pick up something far more challenging--Dr. Joe's quiz on chemistry trivia.(Chemfusion)
June 1, 2004... 1. What medical procedure was Queen Victoria the first British monarch to undergo? Anesthesia with chloroform. In 1853, the Queen's personal physician, Dr. John Snow, dripped an ounce of chloroform on a handkerchief, which he held next to...

Foundations of innovation: CFI's commitment to help transform Canada into one of the top nations in R&D.(Canada Foundation for Innovation)
June 1, 2004... Canada has developed a global reputation as a place where outstanding research and training is being conducted. Although this new reputation is well deserved, it's no coincidence. In fact, it's the result of a planned transformation that has...

Open for business: NRC-IRC Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research.(Institute for Research in Construction)(National Research Council)
June 1, 2004... The space has been leased, the offices have been furnished, the laboratories are waiting, a number of staff are in place, and the research connections are beginning to gel. The stage has been well set for the NRC-IRC Centre for Sustainable...

Mixing it up: a winning approach to stewardship of undergraduate lab programs creates a laboratory Dream Team.
June 1, 2004... There is no formula for determining the best mix undergraduate lab personnel and there is no unique model for the provision of effective leadership. It varies from department to department. Queen's University has instituted a dramatic change in...

Windows of opportunity: synchrotron opens new windows in chemical analysis.(Cover Story)
June 1, 2004... When Saskatchewan uranium mining companies Cameco and COGEMA Resources needed to prove arsenic in their railings treatment streams was being dealt wit]] properly-they turned to synchrotron analytical techniques. "The requirements of our...

Seeing is understanding.(synchrotron light)
June 1, 2004... An Overview of Synchrotron Light A synchrotron acts like a giant microscope. Intense beams light are generated to help scientists understand the nature and structure of molecules and materials. The Canadian Light Source will be one of...

Nanotechnology: fun and controversial!(Look What's Up With Local Sections!)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... "Nanoteehnology: Fun and Controversy" was the topic for the Edmonton CIC Local Section's Animal General Meeting, held on May 11. Jillian Buriak, MCIC, Senior Research Officer for the National Institute of Nanotechnology at the University of...

Passion, the beta-5 polymorph, and the chemistry of chocolate.(Look What's Up With Local Sections!)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A sold-out crowd of 120 sampled all three in a "tasteful evening of chemistry, music, and chocolate" held the week of Valentine's Day. The chocolate-cafe styled evening was sponsored by the Edmonton CIC local section and The King's University...

Forensics: a hot topic.(Look What's Up With Local Sections!)(The Ottawa CIC Local Section)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Ottawa CIC Local Section held their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at Algonquin College. Chairperson Fred Scaffidi, MCIC, highlighted local section events since May 2003 and recognitions of local members. The Section...

L'Expo-sciences regionale de l'outaouais 2004.(Division News)
June 1, 2004... Au total, quatre projets de chimie ont ete recompenses par la section d'Ottawa a l'Expo-sciences regionale de l'outaoais 2004. L'evenement s'est deroule du 12 au 14 mars a l'ecole Hormisdas Gamelin dt] secteur Buckingham. Parmi les 74 projets...

2004 MSED/Bayer graduate award in polymer science.(Division News)(MSED)
June 1, 2004... Each year, the MSED and Bayer Inc. jointly sponsor an award that recognizes research excellence by two graduate students working in polymer science and engineering in Canada. This award has a value of $1,000 and provides up to $500 for travel...

Announcing the Canadian Green Chemistry Medal.(Division News)(Green Chemistry Institute )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... In order to promote the development of green chemistry in Canada, the Canadian chapter of the Green Chemistry Institute have established the "Canadian Green Chemistry Medal" beginning in 2004. The Medal is to recognize annually the outstanding...

2004 Pestcon scholarship winner.(Student News)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Pestcon Graduate Scholarship supports the postgraduate work in pesticide and contaminant research of an individual. This year's winner is Josephine Tsang of Queen's University. Josephine Tsang, MCIC, obtained her BSc Honours in...

Canada.(Events)(Calendar)
June 1, 2004... Seminars and courses October 4-5, 2004. ICPES--Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy, Canadian Society for Chemical Technology, Calgary, AB. Tel. 888-542-2242; Web site: www.cheminst.ca/prof/dev. October 4-5, 2004,...

U.S. and overseas.(Events)(Calendar)
June 1, 2004... August 22-26, 2004. ACS Fall Meeting (2287th), Philadelphia, PA; Tel.: 800-227-5558; E-mail: nathntgs@acs.org; Web site: www.acs.org. October 18-22, 2004. Fifth International Congress on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Cuban Chemical...