A new opinion article in Cosmos magazine examines nanotechnology regulation – an issue which was the focus of a recent […]
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Rena: experts on oil dispersants and natural breakdown
UPDATE: Winds now pushing oil onto the Bay of Plenty coast could turn offshore on Thursday, forecasters say. State science […]
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The grounding of the Rena container ship on the Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty poses a substantial environmental […]
Continue readingWild GM Canola in United States
American research has shown that genetically modified canola plants grow outside of defined cultivation areas and that the plant’s modified […]
Continue readingMarsden Fund recipients announced
Glaciers, neurobiology, Maori TV and algebra are just a few of the subjects to explored by the recipients of this […]
Continue readingNew Zealand scientists to study flu deaths
Why do some people die from the flu and others don’t? New Zealand researchers have been awarded a grant from […]
Continue readingElection 2011 – Major parties on agri-policy
In the lead up to the election, the Dominion Post has quizzed National and Labour on what the key issues […]
Continue readingAstrophysicists awarded Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a group of astronomers whose research revealed that the universe is […]
Continue readingNobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine – experts respond
The Nobel Prize, the highest honour in science, was today awarded to three distinguished researchers in the field of Physiology […]
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