Canadian Chemical News

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The world's first commercial-scale bio-based succinic acid plant is set to be built in Sarnia, Ont....

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Canada Post unveiled a limited-edition stamp honouring world-renowned chemist and Nobel Laureate John C. Polanyi, HFCIC,...

In celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, the 100th anniversary of Parks Canada and the induction of...

November 14-16, 2011 Interamerican Congress of Chemical Engineering Santiago, Chile www.ciiq2011.cl March 11-15, 2012 Pittcon Conference & Expo...

Molly Shoichet is not quite a household name. But it seems inevitable that this University of Toronto professor...

Companies cutting their R&D budgets. Pharmaceutical research facilities being closed across Canada. A recent article on the website...

Perusing the scientific literature reveals studies that link the frequent consumption of cured meats with stomach and colon...

The human nose contains millions of cells coated with more than 1,000 types of olfactory receptors. Now, researchers...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As high-grade ores becomes depleted, Canadian nickel miners are looking for new technologies to...

Bioplastics made from starch or oil crops are nothing new, but researchers at the University of Alberta have...

Fines--clay particles less than 44 [micro]m across--can take years to settle from oil sands tailings ponds. But a...

Six per cent may not sound like a big number, but for Ted Sargent, Canada Research Chair in...

For decades, observers have bemoaned the gap between the curiosity-driven mission of academic researchers and, the commercial-based needs...

LANXESS AG is a major producer of butyl rubber, a chemical found in such commodities as car tires...

The sun is strong, as is the smell of fish and the sea at the headquarters of Saltworks...

This year's winners of the CSChE Chemical Engineering Local Section Scholarships, sponsored by the Sarnia CIC, Edmonton CSChE...