1999 News Releases

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Two hundred million hits and growing: Canada's timekeepers brace for one billion hits in 2000
December 21, 1999

NRC spin-off develops rapid sensors to detect chemical and biological warfare agents
November 1, 1999

MOU aims to increase Aboriginal interest in careers in science and technology
October 28, 1999

Official Opening of the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology
October 7, 1999

World Experts in Digital 3D Imaging and Telecommunications gather in Ottawa
October 4, 1999

NRC mobilizes Canadian team to investigate Taiwan quake damage
October 1, 1999

New NRC Virtual Environment Centre Enhances Canada's Competitiveness
September 24, 1999

NRC takes lead in the development of a national program for multi-million dollar biochip technologies
September 10, 1999

NRC discovery allows scientists to watch the ultrafast processes of the microworld
September 2, 1999

Ottawa wins IUPAC Congress and General Assembly for August 2003
August 27, 1999

Government of Canada Invests $30M in Fuel Cell Research and Innovations
August 10, 1999

Minister of Industry John Manley endorses aircraft icing research collaborative agreement between NRC, NASA
August 10, 1999

NRC licenses unique air quality modeling package to Canadian company
July 28, 1999

NAC's Great Composers Concert dedicated to scientist Gerhard Herzberg
July 22, 1999

Eye on Universe Opens for Canada: New Gemini telescope officially dedicated
June 25, 1999

Technology transfer - Rewarding partners in excellence
June 21, 1999

Librarians save lives!
June 21, 1999

Federal Government announces a $10 million infrastructure investment to the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (Saanich Observatory in Victoria, B.C.)
June 17, 1999

National timekeepers unveil the Canadian Millennium Clock
June 14, 1999

Pasteur Mérieux Connaught Cancer Vaccine Network joins forces with NRC: Announcement regarding prostate cancer
June 10, 1999

IRAP-TPC investment supports dental implant technology in move toward market place
May 13, 1999

NRC Announces Herzberg Memorial Prize and Fellowship
May 11, 1999

NRC researcher awarded CASI Trans-Canada Trophy for aviation research
May 4, 1999

Young scientists are in the spotlight at the Connaught Student Biotechnology Exhibition
May 4, 1999

NRC and the British Council announce the first awards, totalling over Can $1M, from their Joint S&T Program
April 27, 1999

Vitesse (Reskilling) Canada Inc.– a winning program!
April 26, 1999

NRC and NAC to stage Millennium Conferences on Creativity in the Arts and Sciences
April 15, 1999

The Regional Innovation Forum launches the Virtual Spin-off Centre - a new site for potential entrepreneurs
April 14, 1999

NRC and DowAgro Sciences Canada Inc. to invest $10million in leading-edge agricultural biotechnology research
April 8, 1999

Distinguished NRC scientist and Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Gerhard Herzberg, dies at the age of 94
March 4, 1999

UBC Scientist Wins Top Canadian Research Prize
February 9, 1999

NRC launches largest DNA sequence retrieval system in North America
February 3, 1999