Christchurch — A new device that purifies water cheaply and efficiently could revolutionise hydroponic growing and make farming more sustainable in a changing world.
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Christchurch — The values surrounding law and politics in Antarctica will be under the spotlight at the final UC Science Café this Sunday (14 October).
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Christchurch — Ground-breaking University of Canterbury (UC) research could soon help people who have poor hearing or work in noisy places hear better.
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Christchurch — Two University of Canterbury (UC) PhD students are fine turning their world-first geothermal computer game in preparation for the international serious games showcase and challenge at Orlando, Florida, in December.
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Christchurch — Nanotechnology instrument manufacturer Izon Science will host the Inter-University Nanotechnology Measurement Championships in Cambridge, Massachusetts tomorrow.
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Christchurch — Biotech firm, Canterbury Scientific, has invested significantly in new world-class laboratories in Addington Christchurch with the aim to expand the innovation and production of its globally recognised haemoglobin controls.
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Christchurch — University of Canterbury researchers Dr Fiona Cross and Professor Robert Jackson have found that the East African spider that feeds on a notorious malaria-carrying mosquito is attracted to smelly human feet.
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Christchurch — Any trip to Antarctica is an amazing experience, but following in his grandfather’s footsteps more than 100 years later was a memorable and emotional experience for Julian Evans.
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Christchurch — Two University of Canterbury mathematicians have received national recognition for their contributions to the discipline.
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Christchurch — The development and release on November 15 of the new cancer treatment drug Halaven by USA company Eisai Inc., would not have happened without the input of University of Canterbury researchers.
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Christchurch — Christchurch researchers are examining the role of genes in two of New Zealand’s most common mental illnesses – depression and alcohol addiction.
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Christchurch — A tiny East African jumping spider has proven to University of Canterbury researchers that it uses more than just its eight eyes to hunt prey and find a mate.
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Christchurch — A new exhibition at Our City O-Tautahi merges art with the atom in an effort to explain nanotechnology.
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Christchurch — The University of Canterbury is now home to a newly launched international journal for social scientists specialising in polar studies.
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Christchurch — The efficiency of influenza virus drugs, such as Tamiflu, can now be tested thanks to equipment at the University of Canterbury.
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Christchurch — A research team based at the University of Canterbury has found that adult males were rare in the moa world.
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Christchurch — The Maritime Union of New Zealand says that new research on methyl bromide gas at the University of Canterbury is vital to ensuring workers and local residents are not at risk from the use of the toxic fumigant.
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Christchurch — Helping people with Alzheimers Disease, Parkinsons Disease and Downs Syndrome to communicate better; and finding new ways to combat diseases such as tuberculosis and provide early diagnosis of flu pandemics are some of the aims of two new multi-million dollar research institutes announced today by the University of Canterbury.
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Christchurch — University of Canterbury masters student Ash Lightfoot has been awarded a Fulbright — Ministry of Research, Science and Technology Graduate Award valued at more than $38,000.
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Christchurch — UC academics have come up with a breakthrough zinc oxide technology that has been recognised with a special $400,000 grant through the MacDiarmid Institute.
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Christchurch — Izon Science today launched the world’s first commercial nanopore platform.
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