Canadian Chemical News articles from May 2001

Canadian Chemical News archives from May 2001

ACCN: Your Opinion is Important and Requested >II est important pour l'ACCN de connaitre voire opinion.
May 1, 2001... Reader survey key to moving magazine forward Le sondage aupres des lecteurs : un outil pour progresser If you were the editor of Canadian Chemical News/L'Actualite chimique canadienne (ACCN), what improvements would you make to the...

PERSONALS/PERSONNALITES.
May 1, 2001... University M.J. Gerald Lesley, ACIC, has accepted an assistant professorship in chemistry at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT. Victor Snieckus, FCIC, of the department of chemistry at Queen's University, has...

Scientists Breathe Life into Theatre.
May 1, 2001... Two world-renowned scientists have garnered acclaim for their new play [much less than] Oxygen [much greater than]. In February, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. published [much less than] Oxygen [much greater than] written by scientists and authors...

U.S. Engineering Society to Transform Profession's Image.
May 1, 2001... Citing skyrocketing demand for engineers but fewer students obtaining engineering degrees, the U.S. National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) will launch on April 3, 2001 The American Engineering Campaign, a nationwide education effort...

Kvaemer Chemetics Announces Forest Industry Collaboration.
May 1, 2001... Kvaemer Chemetics of Vancouver, BC, Metsa-Serla Research and the University in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, will form a partnership to conduct forest industry research. The industry partnership will jointly develop a Network for Process Intelligence...

Bioniche, UroCor Strike Alliance.
May 1, 2001... Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. of Belleville, ON, recently announced a strategic alliance with UroCor to distribute Cystistat, Bioniche's product to treat interstitial cystitis, a bladder disorder, in the U.S. UroCor is a leading company in the...

Profits Up 85% in 2000.
May 1, 2001... Statistics Canada has reported an 85% rise in operating profits in the basic chemicals and resins industry in 2000 when compared to 1999. The $2.1 billion profit is on operating revenues that increased by 20% in 2000 to $19 billion, giving a...

EPA Waives Penalties for 7 Companies.
May 1, 2001... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is waiving a potential $547,150 in penalties against seven companies after they voluntarily disclosed and corrected chemical reporting violations. Acting under EPA policies...

e-Chemputing Just Got Better.
May 1, 2001... When I look at all the e-mail I received over the last month, there are two things that really bother me. Several were full of unseparatedwords and badd speling. A few contained attachments with viruses. A poorly prepared document reflects...

Mrs. Stewart's Bluing.
May 1, 2001... Have you heard the one about the travelling salesman and the farmer's daughter? Don't worry, this is a clean story. Very clean. Al Stewart was a travelling salesman in the 1870s who sold groceries in southern Minnesota. But he had a...

Ambitious Agendas: Meeting the Canada Research Chairs.
May 1, 2001... Improving Canada's knowledge infrastructure means supporting a new generation of leaders, attracting the best researchers, and encouraging our graduates to put their talents to work here at home.... In the last two years, the Government has...

Virtual Transformation.
May 1, 2001... A new agency creates a national network of institutes focused on integrated health research. Health research in Canada is at a unique point in its history, a time of innovation and excitement that is forging a future bright with promise....

Oxidation of [beta]-Carotene: A Path Towards the Control of Cancer?
May 1, 2001... [beta]-carotene indirectly can be a source of one or more anticancer compounds. Abstract Early hopes that [beta]-carotene might serve as a dietary cancer preventive agent appear to have been dashed by the outcome of clinical trials...

Intel Technology May Find Cure for Leukemia.
May 1, 2001... Intel Corporation and leaders of the scientific research community announced a new philanthropic effort to help combat life-threatening diseases like leukemia, the number one cause of childhood death by disease, by linking millions of PCs to...

Oxidative Damage to Proteins: A Radical Theory of Alzheimer's Disease.
May 1, 2001... A detailed theoretical study of the generation, stability, and reactivity of peptide radicals in environments mimicking protein secondary structure has led to a model of the chemical basis of Alzheimer's disease. Oxidative free radical...

free Radicals, Aging and the Design of Synthetic Antioxidants.
May 1, 2001... Scientists are searching for the "fountain of youth". The Free Radical Theory of Aging, introduced by Denham Harman in 1956, seemed plausible from its inception, since it accounted for a number of basic observations about the aging process....

Rapid Detection of Infectious Diseases.
May 1, 2001... Only a few minutes and a simple, ready-to-use diagnostic test kit are needed to determine an individual's infectious disease status. In about the middle of the 20th century, mass vaccination programs and the widespread availability of...

A Perspective on Science and The Public.
May 1, 2001... Recently, a neighbour circulated a tape on the proceedings of a conference on genetically modified foods (GMF), held at the St. Lawrence Centre, in Toronto, ON. The tape (which ran for about two hours) featured vigorous debate for and against...

NOVA Chemicals -- The Road to Global.
May 1, 2001... At the February 21 Awards Banquet of the Society of the Chemical Industry, held in Toronto, ON, Dan Boivin, president of NOVA Chemicals Olefins and Polyolefins business, stated his views on the future of the chemical industry in Canada and the...

2001 CIC Fellowships Revealed.
May 1, 2001... The 15 members of The Chemical Institute of Canada profiled below were elected to the Fellowship in 2001 by the CIC Board of Directors. They will receive their Fellowship certificates either at the CIC Annual General Meeting in Montreal on May...

CNC/IUPAC Travel Awards: Winners & Deadlines.
May 1, 2001... The Canadian National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (CNC/IUPAC) established a program of Travel Awards in 1982. These awards are financed by the Gendron Fund (administered by the CSC), supplemented by funds...

CSC Bulletin SCC.
May 1, 2001... IUPAC and CSC to Face World Together in 2003 Following discussions with both Societies, a joint international scientific meeting will be convened in Ottawa in August 2003 between the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)...

CSChE Bulletin SCGCh.
May 1, 2001... Come to the 51St Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference The annual Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference is the premier showcase of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. An international event, the 51st annual Conference is...

[51.sup.e] Congres canadien de qenie chimique.
May 1, 2001... Le Congres annuel canadien de genie chimique est la principale vitrine de la Societe canadienne du genie chimique. Evenement international, le 51e Congres annuel aura lieu a Halifax (Nouvelle-Ecosse), au World Trade and Convention Centre, du 14...

Standing Room Only at U. Sask Lectures.
May 1, 2001... March 19 and 20, 2001 proved auspicious for the department of chemical engineering at The University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, SK. The department held its J.W.T. Spinks Lecture Series to a standing room only crowd. This year's speaker...

Division News.
May 1, 2001... Schneider Wins Division Award The recipient of this year's Analytical Chemistry Division Graduate Student Award in Honour of Walter E. Harris is Bradley B. Schneider, ACIC, of the University of British Columbia. Schneider was nominated by...

NCW/SNC News.
May 1, 2001... Crystal Was Clearly a Winner Steveston Secondary [School] student Wendy Cheung used 11 litres of her mother's distilled water to grow a rochelle salt crystal. That won her the nation's top prize [for best quality crystal] in a national...

Sharing Chemistry Experiments With Kids.
May 1, 2001... Your help is needed to add to the collection of simple experiments for kids in Grades 4 to 6 found on the NCW/SNC website. If you have any simple experiments that are carried out using goods readily found in the stores or at home, please send...

Silver Medalists Announced.
May 1, 2001... The following students are to be congratulated as they are winners from their respective university or college in the Constituent Societies Silver Medal programs. The medals are awarded on behalf of each Society and the program is sponsored by...

CSC Medal Winners.
May 1, 2001... The Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) 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 chemistry and/or...

Gagnants de medailles de la SCC.
May 1, 2001... La Societe canadienne de chimie (SCC) souligne les efforts des etudiants de premier cycle en chimie ou autres matieres connexes en decernant un prix a I'etudiant(e) qui aura obtenu(e) les meilleures resultats scolaires a son avant-derniere...

CSChE Medal Winners.
May 1, 2001... In addition to the medal and certificate of merit offered by all the Societies, the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) awards an additional prize of $50 and a two-year subscription to The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering....

Gagnants de medailles de la SCGCh.
May 1, 2001... La Societe canadienne de genie chimique (SCGCh) decerne comme toutes les autres societes des medailles et certificats de merite. Cependant, elle desire accorder un prix additionel de 50 $ et un abonnement de deux ans au The Canadian Journal of...

CSCT Medal Winners.
May 1, 2001... The Canadian Society for Chemical Technology (CSCT) extends congratulations to those students attending Community College or CEGEP, who received the Society's medal. The students listed have achieved top marks in his or her final year of...

Gagnants de medailles de la SCTC.
May 1, 2001... La Societe canadienne de technologie chimique (SCTC) tient a feliciter les etudiants suivants qui se sont vu decerner la medaille de la Societe. Ces etudiants des CEGEPS ont obtenu les meilleures resultats scolaires a son derniere annee...

SMU Chemistry Society Puts on a Show.
May 1, 2001... Hats off to the Saint Mary's University (SMU) Chemistry Society for their enthusiastic contribution to this year's University Open House, held on March 14,2001. Every year during March Break, SMU opens it doors to high school students and their...

ChemCon 2001 in Halifax.
May 1, 2001... This year's ChemCon 2001 Atlantic Student Chemistry Conference is being held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS. Registration will be held on May 18 and events will continue through the weekend concluding with the gala banquet on May 20....

Magnatex Pumps Feature Sealless Design for Significant Cost Savings:.
May 1, 2001... Magnatex Pumps Feature Sealless Design for Significant Cost Savings: Magnatex Pumps, Inc. offers low total cost of ownership with its line of top-performing Magnatex sealless, mag-drive, metallic centrifugal and turbine vane pumps. Thanks to a...

WhisperFlo [TM] Diffuser combats excessive noise in process vent applications:.
May 1, 2001... WhisperFlo[TM] Diffuser combats excessive noise in process vent applications: Fisher Controls International, Inc. offers a new concept in quieting gas or steam vent-to-atmosphere applications. Designated the WhisperFlo Vent Diffuser, the new...

New Pig Introduces the Pig Spill-Mop:.
May 1, 2001... New Pig Introduces the Pig Spill-Mop: New Pig has introduced the Pig Spill-Mop, a quick, sanitary way to clean up oil- and water based skills or any leftover residue on floors. The Spill-Mop's disposable heads completely eliminate smelly mops...

WorksBase[TM] Software for Proteomics:.
May 1, 2001... WorksBase[TM] Software for Proteomics: Worksbase[TM] software for Proteomics from Bio-Rad is an innovative bioinformatics solution, designed to address the data management concerns of proteomics researchers. This proteomics information...

NOVA Chemicals Announces Commercialization of Low Volatile EPS Products:.
May 1, 2001... NOVA Chemicals Announces Commercialization of Low Volatile EPS Products: NOVA Chemicals has announced the commercial availability of eight grades of low volatile expandable polystyrene (EPS). Low volatile EPS products, those with a pentane...

Charkit To Offer Hemp Seed Oil:.
May 1, 2001... Charkit To Offer Hemp Seed Oil: Charkit Chemical Corp. announces the addition of hemp seed oil from the Atlas Corporation to its products line. The new product, which is virtually colourless, flavourless and odourless, is derived from licensed...

DUST-HOG[R] Supra-Blast Revolutionizes Dust Collection Technology:.
May 1, 2001... DUST-HOG[R] Supra-Blast Revolutionizes Dust Collection Technology: United Air Specialists, Inc. (UAS) introductes the DUST HOG[R] Supra-Blast -- a totally new approach to dust collection. Developed as a better way to remove harmful pollutants...