In Search of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: Christine Cole Catley
Reprinted “Canterbury” Summer 2006 -- 2007-03-02
'Bright Star, Beatrice Hill Tinsley, Astronomer' - Christine Cole Catley's biography of remarkable Canterbury graduate and astronomer, a scientist widely recognised in the US but little known in New Zealand ....
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Human changes to rainforests damage web of life
Reprinted UC Chronicle -- 2007-02-12
University of Canterbury ecologist co-authors paper on the impact of converting rainforests in Ecuador into intensely farmed land …..
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Brightest comet in decades - Comet McNaught
Dr Grant Christie -- 2007-01-24
Look for the comet while it is visible in southern skies. Over coming months Stardome will be making high-precision measurements of the comet's position which will be used to refine the orbit ...
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Young University of Canterbury researchers win prestigious science prizes
Reprinted from UC "Chronicle" -- 2006-07-14
Winning scientists' research topics included 'electrospinning' to develop patches that could replace skin and bone, using wind generated power at Scott Base, identifying the presence and concentration of deadly chemical weapon agents ….
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Robotic research is no monkey-business
Reprinted from UC’s “Chronicle” -- 2006-05-26
Robots that can act like humans may soon be a step closer to reality thanks to an animatronic chimpanzee and a Canterbury University computer science student ….
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Stardome Observatory astronomer helps discover another new planet
News of the work of Dr Grant Christie -- 2006-03-17
Christie is part of an international collaboration that has discovered a “super-Earth” orbiting in the cold outer regions of a solar system about 9,000 light-years away ….
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New Zealand-based biofuel powerboat project The Earthrace back on track for launch mid February
Tim Costar -- 2006-01-27
The boat is to be fuelled with 100% biodiesel, a fuel made from renewable sources such as canola and rape and will attempt to set the world record for circumnavigating the globe. to prove to the world that renewable fuels are synonymous with power ..
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First award of the Chemeca Medal to a New Zealander
Adapted from Chemeca 2005: Final program & Abstract -- 2005-10-14
Professor Emeritus Roger Keey of the University of Canterbury researched drying as it applied to the needs of the dairy, wool and timber industries ....
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Syft Technologies Awards
Shelley Grell -- 2005-09-09
This company is a finalist in the upcoming Champion Canterbury awards and was recently named Canterbury Emerging Exporter of the Year by Export New Zealand ....
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Canterbury University students' science awards
Reprinted from the University of Canterbury -- 2005-07-29
Canterbury University students dominate science awards
News from the Chronicle
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