/channels/taxonomy/term/3556/all en /channels/channels/news/cutting-edge-technology-detects-nanoplastics-water-instantly-357890 <p>A ƽ���岻��-led research team has developed the first real-time, on-site technology capable of detecting and deciphering nanoplastics from all other particles in water, a capacity akin to being able to find a needle in a haystack within milliseconds.</p> <p>Microplastic pieces are between 1 micrometre and 5 millimetres, roughly equivalent to a grain of rice. Nanoplastics are far tinier - a single nanometre is just 0.000001 millimetres. For comparison, a human hair is approximately 80,000–100,000 nanometers wide.</p> Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:50:18 +0000 webfull 200712 at /channels /channels/channels/event/cancelled-24-hours-science-mcgill-356526 <p><strong>***This event has been cancelled (at the ƽ���岻�� downtown campus).</strong></p> Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:09:38 +0000 webfull 199134 at /channels /channels/channels/event/nuit-blanche-periodic-dreams-355557 <p>The dreamworld is a place full of wonders where the laws of reality are turned upside down! Join a dreamer on their quest out of slumber as they encounter dazzling colours, mesmerizing lights, and wake with a BANG!</p> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:14:55 +0000 webfull 197959 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-department-chemistry-signs-green-chemistry-commitment-346936 <p>The ƽ���岻�� Department of Chemistry has signed the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) from <a href="https://www.beyondbenign.org/">Beyond Benign</a>, an organization that develops and disseminates green chemistry and sustainable science educational resources that empower educators, students, and the community at large to practice sustainability through chemistry.</p> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:05:53 +0000 webfull 188170 at /channels /channels/channels/event/24-hours-science-discover-green-chemistry-339205 <p>Come visit the Department of Chemistry at ƽ���岻�� to learn how chemistry is finding solutions to reduce society’s impact on our environment.</p> Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:10:41 +0000 webfull 179723 at /channels /channels/channels/event/carnival-chemistry-nuit-blanche-337829 <p>Come to ƽ���岻�� campus and check out some hot, cool, and fiery chemistry at the ƽ���岻�� Chemistry Outreach Group’s winter Carnival of Chemistry in collaboration with Nuit blanche.</p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:50:10 +0000 webfull 178103 at /channels /channels/channels/news/how-mussels-make-powerful-underwater-glue-333875 <p><i>The mussels’ beards (which cooks remove before preparing them) are made up of byssal threads and are used to help keep the mussels tethered in place. At the end of each thread is a disc-shaped plaque that acts as an underwater glue. The unusual qualities of the glue and the byssal threads have interested people since </i><i>ancient times, when the threads of certain species were </i><i>woven into luxurious berets, purses, gloves, and stockings. </i><i>M</i><i>ore recently, scientists have developed underwater adhesives and surgical glues inspired by byssal thread chemistry.</i></p> Thu, 07 Oct 2021 18:00:40 +0000 webfull 173791 at /channels /channels/channels/news/five-mcgill-teams-awarded-funding-new-genomic-integration-program-331618 <p>Today Genome Quebec announced the results of its Genomic Integration Program, Human Health Stream competition. Five ƽ���岻�� teams from a diverse array of fields were awarded funds, totaling nearly $1 million. One of the defining features of this program is the requirement that institutional applicants must also have an external non-academic partner, thus supporting program goals of stimulating the Quebec economy and encouraging the use of genomic technologies in the Quebec healthcare system.</p> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:24:00 +0000 webfull 171241 at /channels /channels/channels/news/its-snowing-plastic-329666 <p>The snow may be melting, but it is leaving pollution behind in the form of micro- and nano-plastics according to a ƽ���岻�� study that was recently published in <em><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749121002773">Environmental Pollution</a></em>. The pollution is largely due to the relatively soluble plastics found in antifreeze products (polyethylene glycols) that can become airborne and picked up by the snow.</p> Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:39:59 +0000 webfull 169062 at /channels /channels/channels/event/art-chemist-nuit-blanche-329308 <p>Join the ƽ���岻�� Chemistry Outreach Group for Nuit Blanche in our secret art museum to learn the underlying chemistry in different forms of art!</p> Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:41:41 +0000 webfull 168687 at /channels /channels/channels/event/nuit-blanche-2020-chemistry-outreach-group-319647 <h2>La nature de la chimie/The Nature of Chemistry</h2> Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:32:22 +0000 webfull 157863 at /channels /channels/channels/news/promising-discovery-could-lead-better-cheaper-solar-cell-302125 <p>ƽ���岻�� researchers have gained tantalizing new insights into the properties of perovskites, one of the world’s most promising materials in the quest to produce a more efficient, robust and cheaper solar cell.<br /><br /></p> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:15:05 +0000 webfull 154901 at /channels /channels/channels/event/2018-steacie-prize-winner-tomislav-friscic-simplicity-and-minimalistic-design-cleaner-safer-and-more-295990 <p>Chemistry professor Tomislav Friščić is just the third ƽ���岻��ian ever to win the prestigious <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/tomislav-friscic-awarded-steacie-prize-for-natural-sciences/">Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences</a>.</p> Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:13:05 +0000 webfull 148034 at /channels /channels/channels/event/24-hours-science-discover-chemistry-295190 <p>Come & experience the fascinating world of chemistry! Meet the staff and students from ƽ���岻��'s Department of Chemistry as they hold workshops and provide tours of our research laboratories for interested visitors.</p> Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:52:56 +0000 webfull 147037 at /channels /channels/channels/news/science-mag-ultraviolet-light-could-provide-powerful-new-source-green-fuel-294895 <p>Methanol—a colourless liquid that can be made from agricultural waste—has long been touted as a green alternative to fossil fuels. But it’s toxic and only has half the energy as the same volume of gasoline. Now, <a href="/chemistry/faculty/cj-li">Chao-Jun Li</a> and colleagues report they’ve created a potentially cheap way to use sunlight to convert methanol to ethanol, a more popular alternative fuel that’s less harmful and carries more energy.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:01:03 +0000 webfull 146664 at /channels