Canadian Chemical News articles from March 2002

Canadian Chemical News archives from March 2002

News to me: the future is now. In the last year, ACCN bore the sometimes heavy weight of many changes and initiatives. Now, with the readership survey complete, and our recent redesign ripening, we ask, what's next? (Editor's Column).
March 1, 2002... Every month at Canadian Chemical News/L'Actualite chimique canadienne (ACCN), we have a huge challenge. We have to attract the already-stretched attention of 5,000 chemical professionals who work in a myriad of workplaces with a myriad of...

Industry. (Personals/Personalities).
March 1, 2002... Vancouver's biotechnology champion, Julia Levy of QLT Inc., has been named an officer of the Order of Canada. Levy has been with the company from its conception, and recently stepped down from her position as CEO. Paul Hastings assumed the...

University. (Personals/Personalities).(Memorial University of Newfoundland)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Christina Bottaro, MCIC, joined the department of chemistry at Memorial University of Newfoundland on January 1, 2002, as an assistant professor in analytical and environmental chemistry. Melanie Eelman, MCIC, has been selected to be this...

Distinction. (Personals/Personalities).(fellowships)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Paul Amyotte, FCIC, of Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Jean M. Belanger, FCIC, O.C., of Ottawa, ON and John Hazlett, MCIC, of Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions, London, ON, have been awarded fellowships from the Engineering Institute of Canada....

Obituaries. (Personals/Personnalites).(James S. Medves)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 1, 2002... James S. Medves, MCIC, died peacefully at home on his 49th wedding anniversary September 13, 2001, surrounded by his family following a long and heroic battle with cancer. Medves graduated in 1953 with a BSc. in chemical engineering from...

Count greening efforts and add growth. (News Briefs/Nouvelles on Bref).(Pulp and paper industry)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... A new way of analysing the pulp and paper sector is good news for this staple industry of Canada, according to the Sustainable Forest Management Network. Using an environmentally adjusted productivity analysis of Canada's pulp and paper...

The Suzuki method. (News Briefs/Nouvelles on Bref).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... An organic chemist turning pages of current journals as part of his literature reading will inevitably see titles authored by the name Suzuki. A tour de force lecture in synthetic boron chemistry brought the name home to a captivated an...

Licence to move. (News Briefs/Nouvelles En Bref).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Prospective immigrants to Ontario can now access online information about the requirements for being licensed as a professional engineer in Ontario and begin the licensing process from outside Canada. As a result of a relatively new...

Just the flax, please.(Natunola Health, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Natunola Health Inc. has concluded and signed a world-wide exclusive licensing agreement related to a novel flaxseed dehulling and processing technology with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The technology was developed by Natunola, a player...

Chemistry in Canada formally goes green. (News Briefs/Nouvelles En Bref).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The US-based Green Chemistry Institute has signed a chapter affiliate agreement to formalize the relationship between the Canadian Green Chemistry Chapter and the Green Chemistry Institute. The Green Chemistry Institute is a not-for-profit...

Canadian Chemical sales stay the course in 2001. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Despite a slowdown in key economies, overall sales of Canadian manufactured chemicals remained steady during 2001, according to the annual survey of business conditions and short-term prospects compiled by the Canadian Chemical Producers'...

Objectivity vs. productivity: the debate rages on. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Although growing more sophisticated and complex, attacks on science are not new. To save his life, Galileo was forced to publicly renounce his belief that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe. Today, a variety of tactics...

Les ventes de produits chimiques finissent la course en 2001. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Malgre le ralentissement de certaines economies cles, les ventes generales de produits chimiques fabriques au Canada sont restees stables en 2001, seion le rapport annuel sur la situation et les previsions a court terme des entreprises presente...

Engineers develop odour eaters for pulp mills. (News Briefs/Nouvelles En Bref).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Drive by a pulp and paper mill and one of the first things you'll almost certainly notice is the unmistakable smell. But give a University of Toronto chemical engineering professor his way and you'll find the only thing assaulting your nose...

Method improves inkjet nozzles for printing, manufacturing. (News Briefs/Nouvelles En Bref).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Chemical engineers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN have developed a technique to dramatically reduce the amount of liquid in drops emitted by nozzles such as those used in inkjet printers and combinatorial chemistry may see the...

Understanding the production of matter in the universe. (News Briefs/Nouvelles En Bref).(radioactive isotope sodium 21)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Researchers at Canada's national particle accelerator, TRIUMF, recently announced that they have successfully simulated the reaction of the unstable, radioactive isotope sodium 21 during nova and other cataclysmic stellar events, bringing them...

Bring in the clones. (News Briefs/Noavelles En Bref).(MEDS Proteomics acquires almost 2,000 complimentary DNA clones)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... MDS Proteomics Inc. announced in early February that they have acquired a collection of nearly 2,000 disease-related, full-length complementary DNA (cDNA) clones, providing the raw material for proteomics-based drug discovery research. The...

Canadian Light Source: a report on 4th Annual Users' Meeting. (News Briefs/Noavelles En Bref).(synchrotron radiation research)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Companies can lose millions of dollars if a rival company produces and sells a new polymorph of a compound that has not been covered by their patent. This financial catastrophe can be avoided if researchers maximize the resources available to...

File your taxes without grinding your teeth: Let your computer ease the pain of paying your taxes. (Chemputing).
March 1, 2002... In 1914, Canadians went to war for King and Country. Wars cost money, and one day in 1917, just a few blocks from the location that would one day become the CIC National Office, a group of honourable gentlemen imposed a temporary income tax to...

Hydrogen fluoride: Etched in history. (Chemfusion).(safety issues)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The pain in his finger was excruciating. He had never felt anything like this, the professional painter told the emergency room physician. Yet the finger, save for a little white discolouration, looked almost normal. Perhaps there was a small...

Chemistry is... What Chemists do: an interview with the CSCT president. (Portrait).(Canadian Society for Chemical Technology president Murray Watt)
March 1, 2002... Murray Watt, MCIC, is now completing his two-year term as president of the Canadian Society for Chemical Technology. What are his views on the state of the society? ACCN: The chemical manufacturing industry is absolutely vital to the...

Meet the outlaws: While the chemical industry is reaching out to the public to strengthen its image as an upright, church-going family of professionals, amateur chemists are working night and day for their individual benefit. (Articles).(the production of MDMA by chemists)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Few people at Cal State Fullerton questioned James Edward Lightner's work ethic during the six years he toiled in the university's labs. Often observed putting in overtime and working at odd hours, the chemistry technician diligently ensured...

The clandestine lab safety handbook. (Articles).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... "Health and safety is everyone's responsibility." This motto works -- at least in a regulated lab. When the labs are unregulated and, in fact, illegal, health and safety comes last. When the police stumble on a methamphetamine drug lab, they...

Maryjane, M.D. (Article).(Medicinal marijuana)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Medicinal marijuana may now be acceptable in the eyes of health canada, but before pharmaceutical companies can officially push this painkiller it must first go through clinical trials and the regulatory process. a montreal researcher is making...

Addicted to stress. (Articles).(Drug addiction)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Stressed out? You're likely not in as much danger as an addict, who must contend with the possibility of relapse in addition to the source of tension. Recent studies conducted with laboratory animals have begun to illuminate the neurochemical...

The 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Prize awarded for the development of catalytic asymmetric synthesis. (Articles).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, in Stockholm, Sweden. The award rewards three chemists for their development of catalytic asymmetric synthesis. Half of the award is shared...

Digital Specialty Chemicals Limited: a company profile. (Articles).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... This Canadian-owned company is the only manufacturer currently producing both of the chiral phosphine ligands recognized by the 2001 Nobel Prize in commercial quantities. Digital Specialty Chemicals Limited, a Canadian-owned innovative...

The social construction of science, risk and expertise. (Interfaces).(the parallels between sociologist and chemists)
March 1, 2002... Sociologists and chemists have more in common than many realize. Like sociology, chemistry is interested in reactions. On a basic level, a reaction represents an observable response to some change in a system. Add chemical x to a vat containing...

The lowest membership fees around. (CIC Bulletin ICC).(Chemical Institute of Canada)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... For the first time since 1999, the CIC membership fee has risen from $130 annually to $135, which is only a 4% increase over three years. Yet I am sure that there will be many who feel that it is already too high. Perhaps we could compare this...

Exam time. (CIC Bulletin ICC).(Chemical Institute of Canada's National High School Chemistry Examination)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The success of the 2002 National High School Chemistry Examination (NHSCE) is on the agendas of The Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) and the Canadian Chemistry Olympiad (CCO), who will coordinate efforts for the 2002 exam. The...

Grand prize win for David Cooper. (CIC Bulletin ICC).(Chemical Institute of Canada contest)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... After the tremendous success of our first 'Renew Your Membership!' contest held in 2001, The Chemical Institute of Canada repeated the contest with the 2002 membership renewal campaign. Members automatically became eligible to be entered in the...

Some highlights from the 6th World Congress. (CSChE Bulletin SCGCh).(6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Though there was little need for a reminder, staying literally across the street from the highest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere, Melbourne's Rialto Tower provided a stark reminder of the atrocities of September 11 about 10 days before....

Catalysis Division calls for Nominations. (Division News).(Chemical Institute of Canada)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... In accordance with the By-Laws of the Catalysis Division of the CIC, the Nominating Committee has prepared a slate of Officers and Executive Committee members to stand for election for the period June 2002 to 2004. The elections will be held at...

Le prix du merite des chapitres d'etudiants. (Student News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Les prix du merite des chaptires d'etudiants sont offerts afin de reconnaitre et d'encourager l'esprit d'initiative et de creativite dans la programmation des activities des chapitres d'etudiants, que ce soit dans les domaines de a chimie, du...

Engineers to meet & greet at Lakehead U. (Student News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The 10th Annual LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY Chemical Engineering Conference will take place March 22-23, 2002. The conference has four objectives: * To increase interaction between the department of chemical engineering at Lakehead University...

Get your resume ready. (Student News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Undergraduate, MSc. and PhD students are invited to participate in the Career Fair at the 85th CSC Conference and Exhibition in Vancouver, BC, where students will be able to meet face-to- face with their future employers. Chemical...

Student Chapters' Merit Awards. (Student News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The STUDENT CHAPTERS' MERIT AWARDS are offered as a means of recognizing and encouraging initiative and originality in Student Chapter programming in the areas of chemistry, chemical technology and chemical engineering. Each Student...

Milestones of Canadian chemistry in the 20th century; Processing with finely divided solids: Suspensoid cracking.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The suspensoid process for cracking petroleum was developed by Imperial Oil's Sarnia Research Centre, founded in 1924 with Reginald Killmaster Stratford as its first research chemist. Under Stratford's leadership, a new process was created and...