Canadian Chemical News articles from November 2004

Canadian Chemical News archives from November 2004

Research in Canada--forecasting the future: with its minority government, the Liberals will now focus on commercialization while maintaining the strength of academic research.(Guest Column/Chroniqueur invite)
November 1, 2004... Research funding support since 1997 has totalled $13 billion--putting Canada in first place amongst the G8 countries with respect to academic research funding as a measure of GNP. But the federal government's internal review involves cutting 5...

Arkema Inc.(appoints Randall S. Slmrmet)
November 1, 2004... Arkema Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Randall S. Slmrmet as president and CEO, Arkema Canada Inc., effective January 1, 2005. Shermet has held management positions in the company since 1988. Arkema Inc. is the recently...

Agrium Inc.(appoints Ron Wilkinson)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Agrium Inc. is pleased to announce the promotion of Ron Wilkinson to senior vice-president, North American wholesale. Wilkinson joined Agrium in 1996 through the acquisition of Viridian Inc. He has since held numerous senior positions with the...

NSERC's Synergy Award for Innovation.(Industry)(Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canadian Pulp and Paper Network for Innovation in Education and Research, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... NSERC's Synergy Award for Innovation has been awarded to the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada (Paprican), the Canadian Pulp and Paper Network for Innovation in Education and Research (PAPIER), the University of British Columbia,...

L'Universite de Montreal.(University)
November 1, 2004... L'Universite de Montreal est fiere d'annoncer la venue au sein du departement de chimie comme professeur titulaire de Pierre Thibault, MCIC, qui sera aussi rattache au nouvel Institut de recherche en immunologie et cancer (IRIQ) de l'Universite...

B. Mario Pinto, FCIC, began a five-year term as vice-president, research at Simon Fraser University (SFU) on September 1, 2004.(Distinction)(Brief Article)(Biography)
November 1, 2004... B. Mario Pinto, FCIC, began a five-year term as vice-president, research at Simon Fraser University (SFU) on September 1, 2004. Pinto is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has been a faculty member at SFU since 1983 and Chair of the...

Erratum.(Personals/Personnalites)(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2004... In our tribute to CIC 50-year members that appeared in the September 2004 issue of ACCN, we mistakenly referred to Ronald F. Mann, FCIC, as Roland. It seems we had our executive director on the brain. We do apologize, Ronald, nonetheless. And...

In memoriam.(Personals/Personnalites)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 1, 2004... The CIC extends its condolences to the famillies of: Kenneth Heal, MCIC Ronald Stuart, FCIC

NOVA Chemicals goes south.
November 1, 2004... NOVA Chemicals is a focused, commodity chemical company that produces ethylene, polyethylene, styrene monomer, and styrenic polymers, which are used in a wide range of consumer and industrial goods. NOVA Chemicals manufactures its products at...

Nanotech to supercharge the internet.
November 1, 2004... Canadian researchers have shown that nanotechnology can be used to pave the way to a supercharged Internet based entirely on light. The discovery could lead to a network 100 times faster than today's. In a study published in Nano Letters,...

Globetrotting pollutants turn up on city streets.
November 1, 2004... Researchers at the University of Toronto have detected migratory pollutants from a forest tire in Quebec and even particles from a sandstorm in the Sahara in Toronto air, findings that could someday give regulatory agencies an idea of who is...

Nano display technologies new meaning to "Flat Screen".(Reprint)
November 1, 2004... Researchers worldwide have been scrambling to develop new display technologies that will exploit the low cost and ease of manufacture of plastics. Dreaming of a day when making a new computer display will be as easy as feeding plastic film...

New player in Global chemicals.(Atofina Canada Inc. changes its name to Arkema Canada Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Arkema Inc. was launched on October 4, 2004, as part of the reorganization of Total's Chemicals Branch. In Canada, ATOFINA Canada Inc. is now Arkema Canada Inc. With Thierry Le Henaff as CEO of the global organization, Arkema is comprised of...

New uses for nanocrystalline nickel.
November 1, 2004... Thanks to ongoing developments in nanotechnology research, nickel may one day compete with other materials in lightweight applications such as aerospace components, sporting goods, and armour systems for defense. A Canadian nanotechnology...

Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Two Israelis and an American won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry this October. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences chose Irwin Rose, 78, of the University of California, Irvine, and Avram Hershko, 67, and Aaron Ciechanover, 57, both of the...

Have chip--will travel.(Chemputing)
November 1, 2004... My old Compaq has just retired. In its place, a shiny, thinner, and lighter replacement is just waiting to jump into action. When almost every company makes notebooks with essentially the same components and specs, how does a computer review...

"Let them eat flax!".(Chemfusion)
November 1, 2004... "Let them eat flax!" The chickens that is. That's what researchers told egg producers bent on improving the nutritional value and the public image of eggs. Let's face it, when "eggs" are mentioned, the first word that often comes to mind is...

The big idea behind small matters: nanotechnology, ethics, and scientific integrity.(Interfaces)
November 1, 2004... Recent hype over nanotechnology has included significant discussion of ethical issues. Of, more accurately, hype over nanotech has been accompanied by the raising of ethical issues: nothing much like thoughtful discussion has been seen, though...

Nano facts vs. nano fiction: good science as the basis of good public policy in nanotechnology.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2004... Everyone's talking about nanotechnology and nanoscience. Perhaps too much. The excitement, promise, and good science of the field risk being squelched by overblown and inaccurate commentary. Hype threatens a backlash that could have serious...

Charting the way for nanotechnology in Quebec: NanoQuebec implements Quebec's strategy to further develop nanotechnology.
November 1, 2004... Nanoscience and nanotechnology promise to revolutionize a number of industrial fields. Experts expect that the benefits stemming from nanotechnology in terms of productivity and better quality of life will be similar to those created by...

Stairway to heaven: building a real elevator to space using paper-thin, carbon nanotubes.
November 1, 2004... Back about 15 years ago, scientists conducted laboratory experiments aimed at simulating the conditions under which carbon nucleates in the atmosphere of a cool carbon-rich red giant star. The specific goal of this Fullerene Research was to...

Building capacity for innovation: a submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance 2004 Pre-Budget Consultation Presented by the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering, September 7, 2004.
November 1, 2004... Foreword The CIC and Constituent Societies communicate key messages to the federal and provincial governments through their active participation in both the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE) and the Canadian Consortium...

CIC board of directors nominations (2005-2006).(CIC Bulletin ICC)
November 1, 2004... The Nominating Committee appointed under the terms of CIC By-law Article X, Section 1, has proposed the candidates listed below to serve as The Institute officers for 2005-2006. Further nominations are solicited from the membership for the...

CSC board of directors nominations (2005-2006).(CSC Bulletin SCC)
November 1, 2004... The Nominating Committee appointed under the terms of CSC By-law Article X Nominations and Elections has proposed the candidates listed below for election to the Board of Directors in 2005-2006. Members are reminded of the provision of By-law...

Report on the 87th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition.(CSC Bulletin SCC)
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION The 87th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition "opened" after a full day of oral presentations and a poster session that included the Undergraduate Students Poster Competition. Richard N. Zare of Stanford University was...

Canada hosts the 11th Symposium on the Latest Trends in Organic Synthesis.(Division News/Nouvelles des divisions)
November 1, 2004... Brock University hosted the 11th Symposium on the Latest Trends in Organic Synthesis (LTOS-II) August 11-14, 2004. The symposium was founded by Tomas Hudlicky at Virginia Tech in 1984 and convened in Blacksburg, VA, every two years until...

CSC undergraduate student poster competition 2005.(Student News/Nouvelles des students)
November 1, 2004... Are you working on a research project and want to share your results? Do you have a paper to present at a CSC Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference and would like to present it again in poster format? Are you interested in...

Alfred Bader Scholarship winners.(Student News/Nouvelles des students)
November 1, 2004... The 2004 Alfred Bader Scholarship winners are Andrew Leduc, University of Western Ontario, and Katherine Duffield, Acadia University. The scholarship is a mark of excellence for achievement in organic chemistry or biochemistry, by...

Canada.(Events/Evenements)(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... Conferences July 31-August 4, 2005. 18th Biennial Chem Ed Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. Web site: http://nobel.scas.bcit.ca/chemed2005/welcome.htm. August 19-26, 2005. 20th International Symposium on...

U.S. and overseas.(Events/Evenements)(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... July 10-15, 2005.7th World Congress on Chemical Engineering (WCCE7), IchemE and the European Federation, Glasgow, Scotland. Contact: Sarah Fitzpatrick: E-mail: sarah.fitzpatrick@concorde-uk.com. August 13-21, 2005 IUPAC 43rd General...