Canadian Chemical News articles from November 2002

Canadian Chemical News archives from November 2002

How do scientists stay on top of breakthroughs? Despite all the cheers over nantechnology, how many of us really know what it is? (Vice-President's Column).
November 1, 2002... Over the years, several technologies have been heralded as the way of the future. Some last the course, and others, like cold fusion, pass away. In between are several, such as the fuel cell, on which the jury may still be said to be out, at...

Letters/lettres.
November 1, 2002... The Answers are Blowinq in the Airwaves Re: "From the Other Side of the Looking Glass' [May 2002, pp. 323-33] The difference between scientific literacy and scientific eloquence, as I understand it from the article 'From the Other Side...

Industry. (Personals/Personnalites).
November 1, 2002... Isobel Alexander, founder of the Port Franks, ON, chemical wholesaler Phancorp Inc., has been named one of Canada's top 100 female business owners in the fourth annual PROFIT/Chatelaine ranking of Canadian women entrepreneurs. Alexander was...

University. (Personals/Personnalites).
November 1, 2002... Jean Burnell, MCIC, has been welcomed as a new senior professor of organic chemistry at Dalhousie University. During his 1 7 years at Memorial University, Burnell built up one of the strongest research programs in synthetic organic chemmistry...

Government. (Personals/Personnalites).(International Committee of Weights and Measures)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Janusz Lusztyk, FCIC, director general of the Institute for National Measurement Standards at the National Research Council of Canada (INRC), has been elected a member of the International Committee of Weights and Measures (Comite International...

Retirements. (Personals/Personnalites).(Stuart Grossert)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... In August 2002, Stuart Grossert, FCIC, reached the milestone of having been a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie for 35 years. He decided that it was time to make space for a younger generation and has retired from...

Distinction. (Personals/Personnalites).(boosting hormones for tougher plants)
November 1, 2002... Suzanne R. Abrams, a principal research officer at the National Research Council's Plant Biotechnology Institute, presented the 2002 Carl C. Coffin Lecture at the department of chemistry of Dalhousie University on October 25, 2002. Her lecture...

CIC fellow named finalist for Herzberg Medal. (Personals/Personnalites).
November 1, 2002... Tito Scaiano, FCIC, was named to an impressive list in early October when Tom Brzustowski, president of NSERC, announced the finalists for the 2002 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. Scaiano was named to the...

Deaths. (Personals/Personnalites).(Almeria Laura Natansohn)(Obituary)
November 1, 2002... Almeria Laura Natansohn, PhD, FRSC, FCIC, September 14, 1949-September 10, 2002. On September 12, family, friends and colleagues gathered in Kingston, ON, to mourn the passing of Almeria L. Natansohn, professor of chemistry at Queen's...

Asia/Pacific set to become world's leading polyethylene consumer. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Driven by strong growth across most applications, the Asia/Pacific region is poised for the first time to displace North America as the world's leading consumer of polyethylene resins. This is one of the key conclusions reached by Phillip...

Three's company, thanks to new vesicles research. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
November 1, 2002... An article in the August 9 issue of Science, co-signed by McGill professor Adi Eisenberg, FCIC, and professor Discher of the University of Pennsylvania, describes important advances in the laboratory synthesis of vesicles and other types of...

World's first lithium-metal-polymer battery manufacturing plant in Quebec. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
November 1, 2002... World's First Lithium-Metal AVESTOR is starting production of the world's first fully commercial lithium-metal-polymer (LMP) battery at its new manufacturing plant in Boucherville, Quebec. This achievement marks an industry milestone --...

Gaps persist in post-secondary access. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
November 1, 2002... Gaps in access to post-secondary education persist, especially at the university level, according to a major new reference work published in September by the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. However, contrary to popular belief, a...

CLS researchers left out in the cold. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
November 1, 2002... The University of Saskatchewan has moved the plan to build a 370-bed residence for grad students and synchrotron researchers to the backburner. Administrative delays contributed to the decision to put the project on hold, in addition to a...

UVic researchers find Canyon full of methane hydrates. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(methane hydrates)
November 1, 2002... Canada may have another energy resource, thanks to a discovery made by an ocean researcher at the University of Victoria. UVic geophysicist Ross Chapman and the crew of Canadian Coast Guard ship the John P. Tully travelled to Barkley...

Dow obtains glycoprotein production patents. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Dow Chemical Company)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Dow Chemical Company has acquired a global, exclusive assignment of patents involving significant technology in protein glycosylation for enabling the production of 'mammalian-like' glycans in plants. Many protein-based therapeutics require...

University of Alberta Carbohydrate Science Group receives $7 million from Alberta Ingenuity. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... University of Alberta chemist David Bundle, FCIC, will lead a new research centres to be based in the faculty of science at the University of Alberta. The new Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science is receiving $1.21 million in...

Companies making decisions with flawed data, says report. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
November 1, 2002... ARC Advisory Group, an international strategic planning and technology assessment firm, has issued a research report stating "a substantial number of companies" are making strategic selling and product pricing decisions on the basis of flawed...

NOVA Chemicals licenses anti-coking technology. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Kubota Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Kubota Corporation have reached an agreement under which NOVA Chemicals will license its new ANK400 anti-coking technology to Kubota. Kubota will manufacture and globally market the product to ethylene facilities...

A good time for a management buyout in the chemical industry. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
November 1, 2002... In the film 'Dead Poets' Society,' Robin Williams plays a gifted and dedicated teacher determined to help his students appreciate the age-old adage Carpe Diem or, seize the day. This phrase captures a major theme in the film and in life: make...

Active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturer opens a new production facility on Prince Edward Island. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... BioVectra DCL, the former biochemical division of Diagnostic Chemicals Limited, recently completed its construction of a 33,500 square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on Prince Edward Island to meet demand for worldwide...

Can. J. Chem. article most requested by scientists. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
November 1, 2002... The Canadian Journal of Chemistry won a prize coveted by journal publishers when Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, formally recognized the The National Research Council of Canada as the publisher of...

R**&D invested $1.1B in R&D in 2001.
November 1, 2002... Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (R**&D) positions itself further as a key player in Canada's Innovation Agenda, with a $1 .1318 investment in Canadian R**&D last year alone. In 1987, R**&D member companies committed to...

Environment Canada proposes Environmental Emergency Regulations. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref: Regulatory Update).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... This past summer, Environment Canada (EC) published new draft Environmental Emergency Regulations covering about 174 chemical substances that could pose a risk to the environment or human health if they were to enter the environment as a result...

Hazardous Wastes Regulations. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref: Regulatory Update).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Environment Canada, under the authority of CEPA 1999, recently published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, the 'Regulations Amending the Export and Import of Hazardous Wastes Regulations (EIHWR)' and the 'Interprovincial Movement of Hazardous...

Computing: the good, the bad and the ugly. (Chemputing).
November 1, 2002... Just as I was starting to prepare this latest column, I performed, what I must call, an obscene act. I did it and was not proud to do so. What made me do it? I am only human and I could no longer hold up against the unbelievable pressures that...

Chemistry for the Harry Potter fan. (Chemfusion).
November 1, 2002... Daddy, when are you finally going to write about Nicolas Flamel?" I've been hearing that question for a while now from my daughter Rachel who is addicted to anything Harry Potterian. For those of you who have been hibernating for several years,...

The big, big future of tiny: why should we pay attention to all this fuss over nanotechnology? A 2001 article published in the University of Alberta's alumni magazine makes it simple. (Articles).
November 1, 2002... Really, really small is becoming really, really big. In a super-sized world of big-box stores, SUVs, megaprojects, big gulps, and biggie fries, nanotechnology -- technology at or close to the atomic level -- is beginning to capture the...

The National Institute for Nanotechnology. (Articles).
November 1, 2002... The new national institute for Nanotechnology at the university of Alberta made headlines last year when it was announced. It wasn't an empty promise, and real progress has been made, according to its acting director general. On August 17,...

Fabricating the future. (Articles).(organometallic polymers)
November 1, 2002... "...Our business is to show that objects of great dimensions are incompatible with beauty, the more incompatible as they are greater; whereas the small, if ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not to be attributed to their size," ...

Privacy vs. surveillance: how to avoid a nano-panoptic future. (Interfaces).(nanotechnology)
November 1, 2002... We vie for the office with the door. We build homes with a bedroom for each family member. We erect fences around our yards. Party lines were dropped for private telephone lines. What if nanotechnology wrenches away this cherished privacy? ...

Brief House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance: PAGSE advocates an increased level of support for students and highlights the challenge of Canada's industrial research and innovation. (CIC Bulletin ICC).(Partnership Group for Science and Engineering report)
November 1, 2002... The following report was submitted to the House of Common Standing Committee on Finance, 2002 Pre-Budget Consultation, by the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering on August 22, 2002. The Partnership Group for Science and...

C&E news editor to speak in Edmonton. (Local Section News).(Chemical & Engineering News, Madeleine Jacobs)
November 1, 2002... The 75th CSC Conference Lecture Series Committee is pleased to announce that the 2002 distinguished speaker will be Madeleine Jacobs. Madeleine Jacobs is the editor-in-chief of Chemical & Engineering News, the American Chemical Society's...

Meetings/reunions.(Calendar)
November 1, 2002... Canada November 20-21, 2002. Canadian Energy Research institute (CERI) Introduction to the Canadian Natural Gas Industry--from Wellhead to Burner-Tip, Regina, SK.Sam Chan; Telephone:403-220-2367; Fax: 403-289-2344; E-mail: kchan@ceri.ca....

Post-war research on radioisotope applications. (Milestones of Canadian Chemistry in the 20th Century).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The 1940's During World War II, J.W.T. Spinks gained first hand knowledge of two new areas, operations research and atomic energy, and applied these to his first research interest, chemistry, at the University of Saskatchewan. The National...

The 39th IUPAC Congress and 86th conference of The Canadian Society for Chemistry.
November 1, 2002... August 10-15, 2003 Ottawa, ON www.nrc.ca/confserv/iupac2003 Chemistry at the Interfaces Considerable attention is being focused on greater interdisciplinary opportunities at the interface of chemistry with other disciplines....