Professor Ian Shaw, a toxicologist at the University of Canterbury, gives a crash course in synthetic cannabis chemistry and addiction […]
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Has ‘rock snot’ been here all along? – Experts respond
Controversial new research claims that noxious blooms of the fresh water algae didymo –aka ‘rock snot’ — are caused by […]
Continue readingWHO air quality report in the news
A global update on air quality in cities around the world has shown that most — but not all — […]
Continue readingSiouxsie Wiles on the averting microbial apocalypse
Writing in the New Zealand Herald, University of Auckland Microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles examines the issue of antibiotic resistance in […]
Continue readingGovt rules out animal testing for legal highs
Prime Minister John Key has ruled out the use of animals in safety testing for new psychoactive substances. Speaking to […]
Continue readingWHO antibiotic resistance report in the news
A World Health Organisation report warning of increasing global levels of antibiotic resistance has received wide-spread attention in New Zealand. […]
Continue readingScanning the Antarctic horizon
What will Antarctica look like in 20 years time, and how will any changes affect the world’s oceans, weather and […]
Continue readingWasp-attacking mite to be studied
The media is abuzz over a new wasp biocontrol research project. Landcare research has received research funding to investigate a […]
Continue readingIPCC mitigation report in the news
The release of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s third and final fifth assessment (AR5) report has garnered […]
Continue readingBearded beauty in the eye of the beholder
A University of New South Wales study by Rob Brooks, Zinnia Janif and ex-pat Kiwi Barnaby Dixson has burrowed into […]
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