During a superbug symposium being held today in Auckland, experts will be coming together to discuss to what extent superbugs […]
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SMC Desk Guide for Covering Science
The SMC Desktop Guide for Covering Science is out now! Designed with busy journalists in mind, the Guide is aimed […]
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Research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, suggests children of mothers who smoke heavily during pregnancy […]
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Below you will find a collection of research papers examining the impact, spread and characteristics of PSA and canker in […]
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Graeme Hill talks with Monash University senior lecturer Gavin Mudd about the importance of rare earth materials, and the current […]
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Adam Dudding writes in the Sunday Star Times about the involvement of kiwi scientist Dr David Krofcheck in the Large […]
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Scientists battle bacterial disease A week on from the discovery of the PSA bacterial disease in an orchard in the […]
Continue readingA third of NZ’s lakes poor quality: NIWA
A recently released report by NIWA has said that a third of the monitored lakes in New Zealand have poor […]
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Brian Fallow writes in the New Zealand Herald about the suggestions of the 2025 Taskforce, one of which is there […]
Continue readingMolecular biologist wins Rutherford Medal
Biochemist Warren Tate, from Otago University, has won the country’s top scientific award – the Rutherford Medal – at last […]
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