Canadian Chemical News articles from May 2002

Canadian Chemical News archives from May 2002

Sustaining the agri-food industry: the agri-food industry needs to wake up and respond to the public's concerns. (Vice-President's Column).
May 1, 2002... The theme of this edition of ACCN is biotechnology and plants, which in turn is part of a broader range of issues in understanding some of the new technologies of the agriculture, food and drink (agri-food) industries. This comes at a time when...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2002... Gender Mender I have just rejoined the CIC Educational Division, after retiring from education. (There might even be time to read my journals now!) The first ACCN journal has arrived (February 2002). May I express my deep concern at...

Industry. (Personals/Personnalites).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Karen Burke, MCIC, has been recently appointed to the position of vice-president of regulatory affairs at AstraZeneca Canada Inc. Burke, who joined Astra Pharma in 1990, has extensive business and leadership experience obtained through various...

Distinction. (Personals/Personnalites).
May 1, 2002... John R. Dunn, FCIC, is this year's recipient of the Standards Council of Canada Leadership Award, in recognition of nearly 30 years of work advancing the development of rubber standards both internationally and in North America. Dunn served as...

CIAR names Canada's top 20 researchers. (Personals/Personnalites).
May 1, 2002... From black holes to spinal cord repair, Canada's best young researchers are emerging as the world's intellectual leaders, and The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR) has awarded its Young Explorers Prize to Canada's top 20...

University. (Personals/Personnalites).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Jim Jamieson, FCIC, dean, faculty of science, at the University of Manitoba, deserves congratulations for his appointment as a member of the advisory committee on science, technology and economic development reporting the the Premier's Economic...

Government. (Personals/Personnalites).(Nigel Lloyd appoint executive vice-president of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... NSERC announced recently that Nigel Lloyd has been appointed to the newly created position of executive vice-president of NSERC. He has responsibility for the Council secretariat, communications, corporate development, and policy and...

Obituaries.(Sid Ingrey, Charles A. McDowell, and Michael C. L. Gerry)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
May 1, 2002... Sid Ingrey lost his lengthy, determined, and quietly courageous battle with cancer and passed away on February 22, 2002. Sid was the first secretary/treasurer of the Division of Surface Science from 1981-1984, and he served as the...

Alberta chemists receive legislative recognition. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta is pleased to announce the passing into law of Alberta Regulation 248/2001, the 'Professional Chemists Regulation'. This important event is the culmination of several years of effort by...

Manufacturing shipments drop, but chemical deliveries hold ground. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... Statistics Canada said ecomonic uncertainty, weak demand and stubbornly high finished product inventories challenged the manufacturing sector in 2001. The total value of Canada's manufacturing shipments fell 5.2% last year because of plant...

Chemist's "light touch" is heavy duty help. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(photochemistry)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... University of Cincinnati chemist William Connick has found a way to get a single particle of light -- one photon -- to do twice the expected amount of work. A typical photochemical reaction uses one photon to transfer one electron. Connick...

Chemists discover molecule considered too unstable to exist. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Organic chemistry textbooks will need to be revised to recognize a chemical species that chemists have discovered at Northwestern University. The species -- pentamethylcyclopentadienyl cation -- was thought not to exist for long because theory...

Have a java & prevent cavities. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(two Italian universities research coffee's dental benefits)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Forget fluoride. A new research study, published in the February 27 print issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, indicates that coffee might help prevent cavities. Coffee made from roasted coffee beans has antibacterial...

Old boys' club still open for business. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(High positions in Canadian colleges still dominated by men)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The number of women in school and university leadership roles still lags far behind men, says a book edited by a U of T education professor. "Opportunities for women to move into leadership roles -- department heads, principals and deans --...

Pfizer sends Penn prof North. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
May 1, 2002... The Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry ([GWC.sup.2]) recently hosted a visit from professor Jeffrey D. Winkler, Merriam Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. On Monday, April 8, 2002,...

Two new services from Dow. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Pharmaceutical Services, Dow Haltermann Custom Processing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The Dow Chemical Company has formed two new contract development and manufacturing service organizations to focus on the needs of its customers in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and specialty and fine chemical markets. These business...

Debt down but NOVA borrows again. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(NOVA Chemicals Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced in April that it reduced debt in the first quarter by more than $160 million, far surpassing its $100 million debt reduction target. The company also announced it successfully established two new unsecured...

Researchers move step closer to photonic microchip. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(University of Toronto, Canada)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Researchers at the University of Toronto have figured out a way to 'nudge' nature into making photonic crystals in a specific order and pattern, a critical first step in the development of photonic circuits and microchips. Photonic...

School students try chemistry college experience. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Alberta, Canada)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Hundreds of school-aged students from the Edmonton area will get a chance to experience chemistry at work through a new hands-on science program, Chemistry on Campus. This joint effort of Dow Chemical Canada and the Northern Alberta Institute...

To XP, or not to XP, that is the question. (Chemputing).(review of Microsoft operating system Windows XP)
May 1, 2002... Last month's column described my first adventures with Windows XP. This month is a continuation of that adventure. Over the last month kept thinking about a radio announcer in Saskatoon, SK who had a rather offensive description of...

Full of hot air: or was that chemical ingenuity? (Chemfusion).(history of motor vehicle air bags)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The country road in Virginia was narrow and the visibility was poor. The Chrysler LeBaron pulled out to pass another car, but never made it. It slammed head-on into an oncoming vehicle, also a Chrysler, with a terrifying crunch. Other drivers...

A functional soup. (Articles).(phytosterols' cholesterol reducing benefits researched)
May 1, 2002... These days, it seems a 50th birthday is nearly always followed quickly by a prescription for cholesterol-lowering drugs. Thanks to research into phytosterols, the pills are being tossed aside to make room for functional foods that do the same....

Winning the biotechnology race. (Articles).(analysis of Canadian Food Inspection Agency laws)
May 1, 2002... No one wants to lag behind for the sake of administration, but plants with novel traits do need to be studied and approved by the government before the final sprint to market. You'll want to pace yourself during the regulation process for your...

Patents 101: head-spinning research developments are unlocking the riches of science-savvy investors. Don't get caught without the patent. (Articles).
May 1, 2002... As the global economy becomes increasingly influenced by high-tech industries, the need to protect 'intellectual property' -- a product that arises out of some form of human creativity -- becomes of paramount importance for the...

Looking for chemical patents on the Internet for free? Look no further. Here is a summary of patent resources that are available at the click of a mouse. (Articles).
May 1, 2002... Even as an undergraduate chemistry student, I remember encountering bibliographic references to patent documents [1] in my literature searches for my fourth-year research project. I remember not having any idea about how one goes about...

From the other side of the looking glass: a view on the public image of chemistry. (Interfaces).
May 1, 2002... Flipping through the July-August 2001 issue of Canadian Chemical News/ L'Acutalite chimique canadienne, I happened upon two pieces that caught my attention. The first was a letter from retired chemist Thomas Massiah to the editor of The...

The 2002 CIC Fellowships announcing. (CIC Bulletin ICC).
May 1, 2002... The 19 members of The Chemical Institute of Canada profiled below were elected to the Fellowship in 2002 by the CIC Board of Directors. They will receive their fellowship certificates either at the CIC Annual General Meeting in Vancouver, BC,...

2002 CETF grant recipients announced. (CIC Bulletin ICC).
May 1, 2002... The Chemical Education Trust Fund (CETF) is a registered charity of The Chemical institute of Canada. The funds permit the support of worthwhile scientific programs and educational activities within the Institute and its Societies, particularly...

Apply for the CNC/IUPAC Travel Awards for 2003. (CIC Bulletin ICC).
May 1, 2002... The Canadian National Committee for the Internatinal 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 2002 Award winners announced. (CSC Bulletin SCC).
May 1, 2002... The Alcan Award/Prix Alcan Sponsored by/Parraine par Alcan international Limited The Alcan Award is presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution in the fields of inorganic chemistry or...

CSCT 2002 Award winner announced. (CSCT Bulletin SCTC).
May 1, 2002... NOVA Chemicals Award for Chemistry Teaching in Community and Technical Colleges/Prix NOVA Chemicals pour l'enseignement de la chimie aux colleges communautaires et techniques Sponsored by/Parraine par NOVA Chemicals Corporation ...

First Annual Ottawa Chemistry Olympiad. (Local Section News).
May 1, 2002... On February 19, 2002, the Ottawa CIC Local Section launched The First Annual Ottawa Chemistry Olympiad to encourage excellence in the learning of chemistry and to recognize the outstanding students in the Ottawa region. The event, which...

Nature's Chemistry Set revealed at Vancouver CIC dinner meeting. (Local Section News).
May 1, 2002... On November 22, members of the Vancouver CIC Local Section held their annual dinner meeting. After enjoying a buffet dinner at the Simon Fraser University Diamond Centre and presenting the new CIC Vancouver Achievement Awards in Chemistry (see...

New CIC awards presented for BC College chemistry students. (Local Section News).
May 1, 2002... In order to honour top chemistry students and promote chemical education at the 10 public post- secondary institutions that teach chemistry or chemical technology within the Vancouver CIC Local Section, the new CIC Achievement Award in...

U of T gets involved in National Engineering Week celebrations. (Local Section News).
May 1, 2002... As part of National Engineering Week (NEW) celebrations in Otures on March 2. These lectures were intended to introduce high school students to some of the concepts of engineering, and to several new areas of study and engineering applications...

NCW 2002 sponsors: the National Chemistry Week Team would like to thank its sponsors, as of April 8, for their support of NCW 2002. (NCW/SNC News).
May 1, 2002... Gold Chemical Education Trust Fund (CETF) Dow Chemical Canada Inc. Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Nexen Chemicals Ltd. Silver Agilent Technologies Methanex Corporation National Research Council...

UBC hosts Chemistry Forum. (Student News).
May 1, 2002... The annual Chemistry Forum was put on by University of British Columbia's Undergraduate Chemistry Society (UCS) on March 7, 2002. The event attracted over 100 students, and featured 10 guest speakers who discussed the chemical industry and...