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ACCN the Canadian Chemical News (L’Actualité chimique canadienne) is a publication of the Chemical Institute of Canada, the umbrella organization for the Canadian Society for Chemistry, the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering and the Canadian Society
for Chemical Technology.

February 2012




 

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 Editor's Letter

As the world’s population continues its exorable upwards climb, the pressure on land-based resources to feed, clothe and provide energy for more than seven billion people has become relentless. ...

 Guest Column

By Philip Jessop

A green wave is coming. A wave of young chemists who are strongly motivated by and interested in helping the environment. ...

 Into the Deep

By Richard Littlemore

Vancouver’s Nautilus Minerals­ is poised to become the first company in history to mine the ocean floor for gold- and copper-rich ores. ...

 Q & A: The bumpy road to Chemical Innovation

By Tyler Irving

In Canada’s ever-changing science and technology­ landscape, the best strategy is to support excellence­, wherever it is found. ...

 The Race for Rare Earth

By Roberta Staley

Toronto’s Avalon Rare Metals has joined the global race to extract rare earth chemicals - key elements in many energy — generating­ green technologies.. ...

 ChemFusion

By Joe Schwarcz

If you were a fashionable lady in the 1950s, you sported shoes with heels made of acrylic or, to be more specific, polymethyl methacrylate. ...

 

 

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