One of the 18 science programmes to receive funding last year from the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Centre will look at […]
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Otago study shows childhood self-control influences later life
Research spearheaded by University of Otago researchers has found that the extent of a child’s self-control can predict their health, […]
Continue readingStuff: Call to restrict junk-food sale near schools
Rebecca Todd writes in The Press about calls by the Secondary Principal’s Association of New Zealand to restric what dairies […]
Continue readingRadioNZ: Research to unearth more about Alpine Fault
The first of two planned boreholes into the Alpine Fault has been completed. The longest active fault in New Zealand, […]
Continue readingNZ Herald – Chris de Freitas: Flood prediction fraught with uncertainty
In an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, Chris de Freitas of the University of Auckland explains why the […]
Continue reading2010 confirmed as the hottest year on record – experts respond
AusSMC: Overnight the World Meteorological Organization confirmed that 2010 ranked as the warmest year on record, together with 2005 and […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Vitamins aid becoming a father, study shows
Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald about an Auckland-led review which suggests that taking certain supplements could help […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Stem cell campaigners win go-ahead for trial
An ethics panel has granted approval for New Zealand’s first clinical trial of adult stem cell treatment for spinal cord […]
Continue readingONE News: Who’s to blame for Queensland floods: Man or Nature?
Australian scientists Kevin Roche and Professor John McAneney explain why climate change does not explain the scale of damage caused […]
Continue readingStuff: There’s gold, pure gold, in this wool
Kiran Chug writes about the work of Victoria University chemists who have developed a means of bonding gold nanoparticles to […]
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