Desk Guide for Covering Science This week, the SMC launched the 28-page booklet Desk Guide for Covering Science – an […]
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Checkpoint: Antiproton trapped
A report in Radio New Zealand’s Checkpoint programme discusses the news that, for the first time, an antiproton has been […]
Continue readingAntiproton successfully trapped for first time
The ALPHA Project, of which 15 Canadians are a part, is working at CERN’s antiproton decelerator facility in Switzerland. The […]
Continue readingGovernment: Agriculture may not make ETS in 2015
UPDATED 4.45PM:The Government’s plan to include agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2015 may not go ahead if New […]
Continue readingETS’ impact on agriculture discussed
Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report looks at the ETS, which is still causing concern amongst many of the country’s farmers. […]
Continue readingNZ’s first soil science professor dies
Emeritus Professor Thomas William Walker, more familiar to many New Zealanders as ‘The Prof’, has died age 94. Walker came […]
Continue readingTVNZ: Superbugs and New Zealand
During a superbug symposium being held today in Auckland, experts will be coming together to discuss to what extent superbugs […]
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The SMC Desktop Guide for Covering Science is out now! Designed with busy journalists in mind, the Guide is aimed […]
Continue readingHeavy smoking in pregnancy and crime in offspring
Research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, suggests children of mothers who smoke heavily during pregnancy […]
Continue readingPSA and kiwifruit: scientific backgrounder
Below you will find a collection of research papers examining the impact, spread and characteristics of PSA and canker in […]
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