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So what happens to the traditional cycle of publishing scientific research in journals when a major player like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology decides to go open access for its research papers? Perhaps very little, but if the trend continues it could mean a sea change for the way new scientific discoveries are communicated, a [...]

The bones of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus, commonly known as ‘Peking Man’, may be 200,000 years older than previously thought, according to a new dating analysis to be published in this week’s Nature (12 Mar 09). The research indicates that early hominins lived in the region throughout glacial and interglacial periods, and may have implications for [...]

New research published in the journal Nature suggests that Antarctica is warming despite earlier signs that the icy continent was cooling. The scientists claim the evidence makes it “almost certain” that human activity is responsible for at least some of the warming. Martin Manning, Professor of Climate Change at Victoria University‘s School of Government comments [...]

Physicist Ashton Bradley’s research into the behaviour of ultra-cold atoms is gaining international recognition for New Zealand cutting-edge science. The work is published in the 16 October edition of the prestigious scientific journal Nature. Dr Bradley, most recently based at the University of Queensland, is now a Research Fellow at the University of Otago’s Jack [...]