Canadian Chemical News articles from November 2007

Canadian Chemical News archives from November 2007

The Ruse and the reality of nanotechnology.(GUEST COLUMN / CHRONIQUEUR INVITE)
November 1, 2007... Nanotechnology doesn't exist yet--not substantially--not compared to what's coming. What exists today is nano-science. And it is the many, diverse, and substantial developments in nano-science that have created the buzz about future...

Go Joe go!(LETTERS / LETTRES)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2007... I thoroughly enjoy the articles by Joe Schwarcz, MCIC, in ACCN. I am a writer, not a chemist or chemical engineer, but my husband, Norm, is a CIC member, and each time your publication arrives in the mail, I hungrily hunt for Dr. Joe's column....

NINT Innovation Centre opens.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... The National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) Innovation Centre, a part of the NINT of the National Research Council, has officially opened in Edmonton, AB. Its objective is to help Canadian companies exploit the potential of nanotechnology...

No laughing matter.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... Biofuels could increase global warming with laughing gas, says Nobel prize-winning chemist, Paul Crutzen. Growing and burning many biofuel crops may actually raise, rather than lower, greenhouse gas emissions. That's the conclusion of a new...

Canada's 1st neutron reflectometer.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... The National Research Council Canada (NRC) has started up Canada's first neutron reflectometer, one of five instruments deployed at the National Research Universal (NRU) research reactor at Chalk River National Laboratories. Neutron...

P&G's Greener fabric care.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... Procter & Gamble (P&G) has convened a panel of leading Canadian experts to advise the company on sustainability initiatives for its fabric care business. The independent voluntary panel comprises six leading figures in the fields of...

Undergrad researchers RISE.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Research Internships in Science of the Environment)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 12th Annual RISE Workshop was held August 22 to 23, 2007, at The University of Western Ontario (Western). RISE is a student research exchange for undergraduate students in the chemical sciences. Student scholars...

World's smallest published book.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's a big feat of the tiniest proportions. Simon Fraser University (SFU)'s Nano Imaging Lab has produced the world's smallest published book. The only catch--you'll need a scanning electron microscope to read it....

December deadline for next chemical batch.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... The federal government has announced that industry and other stakeholders will have until December 18, 2007 to provide information on how they are safely managing and using 19 chemical substances identified as high priorities for action under...

Ripley wind power project.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... Suncor Energy Products Inc. and Acciona Energy celebrated the dedication of their first wind power project in Ontario. The $176 million Ripley Wind Power Project is a 38-turbine, 76-megawatt joint venture project. The Ripley wind farm is...

Shell shells out for 120,000+ trees.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Shell and Tree Canada announced an extensive tree planting program. The program is backed by a $235,000 contribution to Tree Canada from Shell. 120,000 trees will be planted across sites that need reforestation in...

Should prescriptions cross borders?(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... The U.S. cannot solve its "Medicare donut hole" through Canada's back door. That's the conclusion of a new health care paper published by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS). It points out that as Americans head into an election...

DuPont calls for faster HCFC phase-out.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... DuPont is advocating acceleration of the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). The company is urging governments and industry to take action to minimize emissions of refrigerants and adopt non-ozone-depleting and lower global warming...

Canadians see benefits of biotech.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... At the launch of the fourth annual National Biotechnology Week (NBW) September 20, 2007 in Winnipeg, MB, BIOTECanada released the results of its third annual poll of Canadians' understanding of biotech. Results indicate the majority of...

Engineers Canada chairs WFEO committee.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(World Federation of Engineering Organisations)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Engineers Canada has assumed the position of chair of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations' (WFEO) Committee on Engineering and the Environment for the next four-year term. The position provides Canada's engineering profession with...

New national technology benchmark for chemical technology.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
November 1, 2007... Throughout 2007, the CSCT board has been directly involved in the structure and content of the new National Technology Benchmark (NTB) for the chemical technology discipline. Beginning January 1, 2008, the educational agencies will be able...

Patent quest.
November 1, 2007... Lawyer and patent agent, Daphne C. Lainson, MCIC, answers your questions on patenting your discoveries. Send your questions to patentquest@accn.ca. Q: I have a Canadian patent on a new chemical compound for use in cancer therapy. I have...

About the size of it.(CHEM FUSION)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You know that nanotechnology has arrived as a scientific force when cosmetics hype it, Michael Crichton writes a novel warning about it, Prince Charles castigates it, and demonstrators shed their clothes to protest...

Small miracles--turning nanodreams into reality: high-performance composites from carbon nanotubes--an integrated approach for success.
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Composites are a class of material in which fillers or additives are combined with a matrix (e.g. polymer, ceramic, metal) to produce materials with properties significantly enhanced over those of the neat matrix....

Framing nanotechnology now: hands-off or hands-on? CIELAP shares elements of a Canadian policy framework for nanotechnology.
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In early 2007, the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP) held an one-day expert workshop in Toronto to canvass the policy issues involved m nanotechnology. This colloquy resulted in CIELAP's...

Size matters: convincing the patent office that big things come in small packages.
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With the arrival of the biotechnology revolution a few decades ago, inventors found themselves confronted with new challenges at the patent office. Biotech inventions were not only expanding applications of science...

The periodic table on tour.
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Eric R. Scerri travelled from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to the University of Calgary. The UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry was invited to speak at a conference of the...

The Canadian Journal of Chemistry.(Reality, Myths, and Challenges)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Canadian Journal off Chemistry (CJC) has a long and distinguished history in the evolution and growth of chemistry in Canada and in the dissemination of top research to the international community. In recent...

Government of Canada's Science.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISANCE)(Government of Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Council appoints Howard Alper)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Howard Alper, HFCIC, O.C. has been appointed chair of the Government of Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Council. Canada's Minister of Industry, The Honourable Maxime Bernier, announced the creation of the...

University of Alberta's Faculty of Science.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISANCE)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Margaret-Ann Armour, FCIC, O.C. associate dean of diversity with the University of Alberta's Faculty of Science, was hand-picked as the Alberta Science and Technology (ASTech) Leadership Foundation Special Award...

The Royal Swedish Academy of Science.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISANCE)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2007 to Gerhard Ertl of Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany "for his studies of chemical processes on...

University of Toronto.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISANCE)
November 1, 2007... The department of chemistry at the University of Toronto (U of T) is pleased to announce that Scott Mabury, R. J. Dwayne Miller, and Judith Poe, FCIC, have each been awarded one of Ontario's inaugural Leadership in Faculty Teaching (LIFT)...

CSCT.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISANCE)
November 1, 2007... The CSCT would like to announce that Evangeline Marcellino, MCIC, and Paul Rubinato, MCIC, have been certified as chemical technologists (cCT) in 2007.

Dalhousie University.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISANCE)
November 1, 2007... Evelyn Soo, has been appointed as an adjunct professor at Dalhousie University. She has been a research officer at National Research Council Canada (NRC)'s Institute for Marine Biosciences since 2004 with an interest in bioanalytical chemistry...

CIC board of directors nominations (2008-2009)/Nominations pour le Conseil de direction de L'ICC (2008-2009).(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISANCE)
November 1, 2007... The Nominating Committee, appointed under the terms of CIC By-Law Article X, Section 1, has proposed these candidates to serve as the Institute officers for 2008-2009. Further nominations are solicited from the membership for the positions of...

2007 CSChE chemical engineering local section scholarship winners/Les gagnants 2007 des bourse de genie chimique des sections locales de la SCGCh.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)
November 1, 2007... Sponsored by the Edmonton CSChE, the Sarnia CIC, and the London ClC Local Sections Parraine par les sections locales d'Edmonton de la SCGCh, de Sarnia de I'ICC et de London de I'ICC The Scholarships are funded by the proceeds acquired...

Student chapter merit award winners for 2007/Les gagnants des prix du merite des sections etudiantes 2007.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... 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. One award is given out...

Alfred Bader scholarships/Bourses Alfred-Bader.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)
November 1, 2007... A mark of excellence for achievement in organic chemistry or biochemistry by undergraduate students completing their final year of study in an honours program. Pour souligner l'excellence des realisations en chimie organique ou en...

In memoriam.(In memoriam)
November 1, 2007... One of Canada's pioneers in the nuclear field died in hospital in Ottawa on July 9, 2007 at the age of 82. Bob Brown, personally modest and unassuming, was very well known internationally for his contributions to the outstanding research...

Canada: conferences.(EVENTS)(Calendar)
November 1, 2007... February 4-8, 2008. Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada 94th Annual Meeting and EXFOR's 50th Anniversary, during PaperWeek International, Montreal, QC, www.paptac.ca May 24-28, 2008.91st Canadian Chemistry Conference and...

U.S. and Overseas.(EVENTS)(Calendar)
November 1, 2007... December 12-21, 2007. International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals 2007, Singapore www.cfc2007.org January 2-5, 2008. The 5th International Chemical Engineering Congress & Exhibition, Kish Island, Iran, www.ichec.ir January...