Mark Hotton writes in the Southland Times about a speech by AgResearch’s Dr Jason Archer in which he outlined several […]
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3 News: Chocolate for young, wrinkle-free skin
A Swiss chocolatier has developed a chocolate, full of antioxidants, which it says can fight ageing and help prevent wrinkles. […]
Continue readingDom Post: Men get fitter without breakfast
Michael Forbes writes in the Dominion Post about Massey University research showing that men who don’t eat breakfast before training […]
Continue readingDom Post: Kiwi processors play down findings on meat ‘risks’
Tim Cronshaw writes in Business Day about recent US research suggesting that processed meat can increase the risk of developing […]
Continue readingDom Post: Synthetic cells could change the world, says Kiwi scientist
Kiran Chug and Matt Callman write in the Dominion Post about the successful creation of a synthetic genome, announced last […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Smoke dope and become one, study warns
Jarrod Booker writes in the New Zealand Herald about research from the University of Otago showing that people who start […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Synthetic life breakthrough met with awe and alarm
With the news of the successful creation of a functioning synthetic genome, the New Zealand Herald sums up some of […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Synthetic cells, troubled teens and Interphone
Synthetic biology breakthrough Geneticist Dr Craig Venter was integral to the sequencing of the human genome. Now he claims to […]
Continue readingExperts on Craig Venter’s synthetic biology breakthrough
Scientists have for the first time created ‘synthetic cells’ that can survive and reproduce on their own. A team lead […]
Continue readingPODCAST: UPLoad 2010
On Tuesday night I was able to go and see UPLoad 2010. Titled ‘The Great Broadband Debate’, it covered (amongst […]
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