AgResearch has been the focus of intense media reporting this week in anticipation of an announcement that the Crown Research […]
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El Niño and La Niña to bring coastal flooding, erosion
A warmer world can expect more severe El Niño and La Niña events, bringing stronger storms, coastal flooding and erosion […]
Continue readingPrestigious fellowships funding NZ research
Virtual babies, breast cancer genomics and criminal psychology are just a few subjects to be studied by researchers awarded prestigious […]
Continue readingTesting reveals asbestos in crayons
Some crayons sold in New Zealand have been found to contain traces of asbestos following random testing by the Ministry […]
Continue readingTsunami warning in wake of Chile quake
A magnitude-8.3 earthquake striking off the coast of Chile has lead to tsunami warnings around the Pacific, including New Zealand. […]
Continue reading‘Abandoning’ our farms to the market – Expert reaction
Paying farmers to reduce their impact on the environment is working overseas, but ‘cash for conservation’ schemes are too often […]
Continue readingPotential human transmission of Alzheimer’s – Expert reaction
The medical fallout from a historic hormone treatment has revealed that the amyloid beta protein associated with Alzheimer‘s disease may […]
Continue readingDr Christina Riesselman awarded Women in Science fellowship
Dr Christina Riesselman, a geologist at the University of Otago — and Science Media SAVVY participant — has been awarded […]
Continue readingBee disease and novel virus in invading ants – Expert reaction
Invasive Argentine ants carry a virus linked to colony collapse in bees as well another insect virus new to science, […]
Continue readingNew melanoma drug in the headlines
A promising melanoma drug has doctors and patient groups calling for the medicine to be funded by PHARMAC in New […]
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