Kauri dieback disease has been detected in the Coromandel Peninsula, a part of the country previously thought to be free […]
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BRIEFING: Do-it-yourself climate modelling
Any Australian and New Zealander with a home computer and an internet connection will soon be able to power up […]
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Influenza A H1N1 in New Zealand – Experts respond
A number of cases of Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (commonly dubbed swine flu) have been recently reported in New […]
Continue readingScientists and Science Communication – Prof Shaun Hendy
Scientists need to step up and share their expertise in a crisis, writes Prof Shaun Hendy, University of Auckland physics […]
Continue readingNZ should become green economy – RSNZ Paper
New Zealand should strive to become a green economy – low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive – according to […]
Continue readingNuclear expert – Q&A with Prof Robin Grimes
Three years on from Fukushima, questions are still being asked about the long term impacts of radiation contamination for local […]
Continue readingWiFi in schools safe – report
Wifi radiofrequency fields in schools do not pose a health risk to children or staff, with exposures many thousands of […]
Continue readingLAWA site gives clarity to water quality
Freshwater quality data from rivers all over New Zealand have been brought together in one place with a simple, user-friendly […]
Continue readingImprovement in ICU care halves sepsis deaths
A massive trans-Tasman study has revealed that the odds of surviving severe infections in hospital intensive care have almost doubled […]
Continue readingFirst direct evidence of cosmic inflation – experts respond
US scientists say they have detected ripples in the universe that provide evidence of a massive and rapid inflation in […]
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