Plant-based soft robots could do medical procedures inside the body
Tiny medical robots made of polymers derived from cellulose could one day travel through your body, delivering drugs, transporting cells, and taking biopsies. That’s the ultimate goal of Hamed...
View ArticleUne sonde pour observer les sucres dans les cellules
Outil de communication, arme défensive, point d’entrée pour des infections… dans le monde cellulaire, le sucre est bien plus qu’une gâterie. En fait, la surface de la plupart des cellules est parsemée...
View ArticleDr. Blaine Fiss: making chemistry more accessible for disabled scientists
Spotlight Videos—an initiative of the CSC’s Working for Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity (WIDE) Committee—shines a light on chemists from diverse backgrounds and creates opportunities for increased...
View ArticleCJCE February Issue
Fall in love with the February issue of The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (CJCE). This month’s exciting Issue Highlights cover a range of chemical engineering topics, from...
View ArticlePermeable pavements could protect fish by trapping car tire chemicals
Credit: Jason Berg Permeable pavements show promise for adsorbing car tire particles and their associated chemicals, and could be more widely used to keep these contaminants from harming coho salmon....
View ArticlePAHs detected in orcas, including in utero transfer from mother to fetus
Harmful pollutants found in oil spills, burning coal and forest fire smoke have been detected in orcas in British Columbia waters, including the in-utero transfer of the chemicals from mother to fetus....
View ArticleCJCE March Issue and New Virtual Issue
Welcome to the March issue of The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (CJCE). This month’s issue is packed with exciting content to explore, starting with the Editor’s Choice article, “Electrolyte...
View ArticleOlivia Roland: Green chemistry from the sea
Spotlight Videos—an initiative of the CSC’s Working for Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity (WIDE) Committee—shines a light on chemists from diverse backgrounds and creates opportunities for increased...
View ArticleBC’s phosphate-rich Last Chance Lake provides hints about Earth life’s first...
Members of the research team walk across the surface of Last Chance Lake in September 2022. At the end of the summer, the water has almost all evaporated, leaving a salty crust on the surface. But...
View ArticleLes moules, expertes en liaisons de matériaux
Sur la glace concassée d’une poissonnerie, un sac de moules attend un acheteur. Normalement, leur destin est de finir cuites en sauce et servies avec une bonne portion de frites. Mais cette fois, elles...
View ArticleCJCE April Issue
Spring into the April issue of The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (CJCE) with this month’s Editor’s Choice article, “A robust neural network model for fault detection in the presence of...
View ArticleRobert Addai: Not too salty, not too sweet!
Spotlight Videos—an initiative of the CSC’s Working for Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity (WIDE) Committee—shines a light on chemists from diverse backgrounds and creates opportunities for increased...
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