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UK SMC: Answers to questions from journalists provided by the UK Science Media Centre… Is there any relation to Christchurch […]
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SMC UK: The latest update on the Japanese nuclear situation compiled by our colleagues at the Science Media Centre in […]
Continue readingCancer risk test for smokers could be offered at pharmacies
A scientist who helped develop a cheek swab genetic test for lung cancer risk is calling for it to be […]
Continue readingViable urethras grown from cells of boys – experts respond
Scientists publishing in the journal The Lancet today have detailed how they used patients’ own cells to grow urinary tubes […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Collapse of stairwells concerns professor
NZ Herald: Herald reporter Yvonne Tahana writes that the failure of high-rise stairwells during the Christchurch earthquake is concerning a […]
Continue readingJohn McClure: Future shock – nine lessons from Canterbury
Victoria University’s Proffessor John McClure writes in the Sunday Star Times about the lack of preparation of many for a […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: How to mend a shattered city from the ground up
New Zealand Herald feature writers Geoff Cumming and Chris Barton look at the challenges that lay ahead in rebuilding Christchurch, […]
Continue readingODT: Hot summer breaks records: Niwa
Crown Research Institute NIWA is reporting that many parts of NZ experienced their hottest summer on record this year. The […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Map faults before rebuild – geologist
Isaac Davison writes in the New Zealand Herald about advice from a geologist saying that the faults underlying the Canterbury […]
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