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Author: Peter Griffin

Newsletter Digest: Psa, awards, and vitamin D

Blog  |  Published: 12 November 2010

Scientists battle bacterial disease A week on from the discovery of the PSA bacterial disease in an orchard in the […]

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A third of NZ’s lakes poor quality: NIWA

In the News  |  Published: 12 November 2010

A recently released report by NIWA has said that a third of the monitored lakes in New Zealand have poor […]

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Brian Fallow: Focus on better use of less research

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 11 November 2010

Brian Fallow writes in the New Zealand Herald about the suggestions of the 2025 Taskforce, one of which is there […]

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Molecular biologist wins Rutherford Medal

In the News  |  Published: 11 November 201011 November 2010

Biochemist Warren Tate, from Otago University, has won the country’s top scientific award – the Rutherford Medal – at last […]

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Australian HPV vaccination programme reduces STD – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 November 201011 November 2010

AusSMC: Australia’s free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine program for young women has decreased the diagnosis of genital warts by 59 […]

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Experts on Qantas engine failures

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 November 201008 November 2010

AusSMC: Our colleagues at the AuSMC and UK SMC rounded up expert comments on the Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure […]

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Dr Mark Quigley: Earthquakes, science and the media

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 08 November 201011 November 2010

TVNZ: The University of Canterbury’s earthquake expert Mark Quigley presents to a packed-out audience in Christchurch on the Canterbury quake […]

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Sedentary jobs endanger workers

In the News  |  Published: 05 November 201005 November 2010

Experts are warning that those people whose jobs consist primarily (or completely) of sitting behind a desk are facing triple […]

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Unravelling NZ’s ‘Innovation Puzzle’

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 05 November 201005 November 2010

It’s been a source of much puzzlement and discussion that, despite New Zealand ranking high on many of the metrics […]

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NZAS awards – scientists honoured for research

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 05 November 201005 November 2010

The New Zealand Association of Scientists last night presented its annual awards at a ceremony in Wellington. The winners were […]

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