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When good research could be used for terrorism
Prominent scientists — including a New Zealander who is one of the world’s leading virologists — have published commentaries on […]
Continue readingMove to suppress dual-use research “a wise one”
Prominent scientists — including a New Zealander who is one of the world’s leading virologists — have published commentaries on […]
Continue readingAnatomy of a disaster: preliminary report on the February 22, 2011 Christchurch quake
Scientists have confirmed in a new research paper on last year’s disastrous February 22 Christchurch aftershock that computer modelling showed […]
Continue readingUK call for memorial to top NZ scientist
A campaign has begun in Britain for a memorial there to the scientist who led New Zealand’s contribution to the […]
Continue readingUK scientists start checks on safety of mitochondrial swaps for human babies
Biotech regulators in Britain have started public consultation on experimental reproductive procedures proposed to treat rare mitochondrial diseases, and scientists […]
Continue readingPossum teeth may pinpoint origins of preserved Maori heads – study
Waikato University researcher Nicky Cameron has proven that new technology could be used to help pin down the origins of […]
Continue readingNZ women may face similar issues to USA court case
About 600 New Zealand women — and potentially as many as 1000 to 2000 — prescribed a synthetic estrogen decades […]
Continue readingNZ caffeine toxicity calls include worries about pets
Not only humans have trouble with overdosing on caffeine — New Zealand’s National Poisons Centre has had five calls about […]
Continue readingNZ researcher shows predators hunt out a balanced diet
New Zealand researchers are looking at two important marine species, snapper and dolphins, in the wake of ground-breaking lab-based research […]
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