Sunitha Chari, Biology & Life Sciences co-editor While horse-drawn carriages are a quaint reminder of Victorian England, the internal combustion engine that powers our automobiles is one of the most significant inventions of the 19th century. There are approximately 34 million motor vehicles in Canada. While some are public or shared transport, it is not […]
chemical engineering
A natural approach to carbon fibre
by Anita Campanelli, for the second season of the New Science Communicator Series Researchers are working towards developing a new and improved carbon fibre material – one that environmentalists can get on board with. In a world where technology is constantly changing and innovation is all around us, it is important that these changes have […]
Canadian advances in “natural” chemistry
by Tyler Irving Chemistry subject editor When people think of chemistry, they generally picture scientists in sterile laboratories creating chemicals that have never been seen before – nothing much ‘natural’ about that. But if you read my last post for this blog, you’ll know that I have a hard time finding a qualitative difference between […]
