Queen’s University – Science Summer Program 2025 Program Summary:This complimentary, online initiative takes place from July through mid-August 2025. It features 12 afternoon sessions that examine subjects in physics, chemistry, and technology. Undergraduate students and researchers affiliated with the McDonald Institute and the Carbon to Metal Coating Institute will conduct the sessions. Attendees will participate […]
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**Greetings for Summer, Readers! Unveil the Marvels of CRISPR with STEM From Scratch’s June Newsletter** With June’s onset, the warm summer breeze ushers in thrilling chances to discover and learn. This month, STEM From Scratch explores a groundbreaking scientific advancement that holds great potential for the future: CRISPR. **CRISPR: A Scientific Breakthrough** Clustered Regularly Interspaced […]
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### MakerKids STEM Summer Camps #### Location: Three GTA sites #### Age Group: 6-13 years (Grades 1-8) #### Program Duration: Week-long camps, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM (Monday-Friday) #### Program Type: Day camps with optional before/aftercare #### Program Description: MakerKids provides award-winning STEM day camps featuring a 5:1 child-to-staff ratio, emphasizing essential technology skills. The […]
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**Introduction to Stem Cell Therapy** For 25 years, researchers have made ambitious claims about stem cells transforming medicine. These extraordinary cells, first extracted from human embryos in the late 1990s, have an exceptional capability: they can theoretically evolve into any tissue within the human body. The concept was enticing—imagine having spare parts available for any […]
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Ethanol, a prevalent ingredient in hand sanitizers and disinfectants, has been deemed acceptable for use in these items by the European Chemicals Agency’s (Echa) biocidal products committee (BPC). However, the committee has not reached a conclusion regarding the classification of ethanol as a carcinogenic or reprotoxic substance. In March 2024, Greek authorities presented a report […]
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At least 41 individuals have lost their lives and 38 others sustained injuries in two distinct industrial blast incidents in India. A large explosion devastated an industrial explosives factory owned by SBL Energy near Nagpur in Maharashtra state on 1 March, resulting in 19 fatalities and injuring 23 additional individuals, many in critical condition. The […]
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Stable sandwich complexes have intrigued chemists for a long time due to their distinctive configuration in which a metal atom is wedged between two cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligands. A remarkable breakthrough in this area has been achieved by researchers in the U.S., who have successfully produced a copper metallocene, thus completing the spectrum of metallocenes for […]
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Analyst data suggests that although the low-emissions hydrogen sector planned to either commit to or initiate the construction of roughly a million tonnes of production capacity per year by 2025, over 4.9 million tonnes of scheduled capacity were canceled. Worldwide, the sector is reducing its scale as it encounters obstacles in securing customers willing to […]
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**Ireland’s Ambitious Five-Year Strategy to Enhance Research and Innovation** Ireland has recently introduced an extensive five-year plan designed to strengthen its research and innovation framework, as it endeavors to reinforce its economy and society through knowledge-based advancement. The newly formed Research Ireland, created from the merger of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council, […]
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Approximately 83% of adults in the United States indicate a preference for improved initiatives by the government and industry to guarantee chemical safety, alongside a push for enhanced transparency regarding the chemicals currently in use. This information stems from a survey carried out by The Pew Charitable Trusts in association with Ipsos, a global market […]
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