New research comparing national rates of physical inactivity has seen New Zealanders – ranked 27 out of 122 nations – […]
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Greening the red zone in Christchurch
Christchurch researchers have retrospectively analysed the Canterbury quakes from the perspective of urban forest management, highlighting the important role trees […]
Continue reading‘Striking lack of evidence’ for sports product claims
The claims of sports products, such as drinks and footwear, suffer from a “striking lack of evidence” according to a […]
Continue readingUK Government to open up publicly funded research
The UK government has made a commitment that all publicly funded research should be published under an open access model, […]
Continue readingSMC Heads-Up: ATI takes shape, concern over Antarctica, Vaccine virus find
The Science Media Centre’s latest Heads-Up newsletter is out – bringing you the latest science and tech news and a […]
Continue readingPoultry vaccine DNA swap creates new viruses
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have discovered that two different vaccines used to control an infectious disease in chickens […]
Continue readingAntarctica under threat
Antarctic researchers are calling on policy makers to look ahead to future challenges and protect the polar continent from growing […]
Continue readingAdvanced Technology Institute – Experts respond
The government has released some of the details regarding the planned Advanced Technology Institute, which aims to bring innovative ideas […]
Continue readingScientists concerned over NIWA restructure – Nature
The possibility of restructuring at NIWA’s Lauder research site has lead to international concern that atmospheric measuring capabilities will be […]
Continue readingRussell Brown on the Higgs
Media commentator Russell Brown reflects on the CERN Higgs announcement on his Hard News blog on the Public Address network. […]
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