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What we feed ourselves and our children will shape the future of New Zealand. The complex problem of obesity – […]
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Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka have been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for groundbreaking discoveries that reveal the […]
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The question ‘Is science good for the economy?’ will be the focus of an NZ IceFest panel discussion this week. […]
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The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Serge Haroche and David J. Winelan. The Laureates independently invented […]
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The Government has announced it will kick off a publicity campaign to seek ideas on how to tackle the country’s […]
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Expert reaction to Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology awarded to John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka The comments below were […]
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