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In a world first, scientists in the US have used a cloning technique to derive embryonic stem cells from human […]
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Decisions on where to invest more public money in research are “political”, says the head of the national science academy, […]
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Scientists and other researchers in the nation’s primary-production sectors canvassed the role of science and innovation in Wellington during a […]
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Why do some people die from the flu and others don’t? New Zealand researchers have been awarded a grant from […]
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In the lead up to the election, the Dominion Post has quizzed National and Labour on what the key issues […]
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The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a group of astronomers whose research revealed that the universe is […]
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The Nobel Prize, the highest honour in science, was today awarded to three distinguished researchers in the field of Physiology […]
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