Some excerpts: “If we embrace ICT and lose the great Kiwi knocking machine, we’ll continue to be worldclass.” “No one […]
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Prince Charles warns of the risk of GM crops
The Prince of Wales warned this week that the development of genetically modified crops risked creating “the biggest disaster environmentally […]
Continue readingEnhancing Sport Performance
The 2008 Olympic Games have now begun, and we are all focused on the performance of our athletes. We asked […]
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HortResearch and Crop & Food, two of New Zealand’s nine Crown Research Institutes are investigating a possible merger. Both organisations […]
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Ahead of the release of the revised Digital Strategy later this month, David Cunliffe explores how the New Zealand economy […]
Continue readingObesity linked to childhood ‘clumsiness’
A paper published today in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests that poor coordination in childhood is linked to an […]
Continue readingTB risk mainly from overcrowded houses
A wrap-up of media coverage of the research: TV3: Tuberculosis live and well in New Zealand Sunday Star TImes: Study […]
Continue readingWinter air pollution and the health impacts
A new research paper from the University of Otago’s Christchurch-based Respiratory Research Group. – Staying inside on smoggy days doesn’t save […]
Continue readingCameron Stewart: the phony war of climate science
Andrew Stewart’s column was published in The Australian on the 9th of August and can be found here. Some excerpts: […]
Continue readingResearchers plead for health research funding boost
New Zealand Herald: Medical schools slam lack of funds The report from Professor Ian Reid of the University of Auckland […]
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