Concerns raised about nanoparticles Creating materials on the nanoscale is an area of science tipped to hold huge potential for […]
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Experts on Sustainability Council’s nanoparticles report
The Sustainability Council of New Zealand released a report this week looking at what it describes as the “rising tide […]
Continue reading‘Cut fat and salt now to save lives’ – UK watchdog
A hard-hitting report from the UK health watchdog group National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) calls on government […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Study rules out phone tower link to cancer
UK researchers have found no evidence linking a pregnant woman’s exposure to radiation from cellphone towers to the development of […]
Continue readingTVNZ/NZPA: “No strong evidence” PCP damages genes
The Ministry of Health says that there is no strong evidence that PCP (dioxin) – which was used for many […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Archaeologists and art restorers have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ’s apostles
Laser technology has allowed the discovery of what are believed to be the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus […]
Continue readingODT: Otago researcher has role in ground-breaking research
An international team of researchers has developed the first solid-state quantum memory device, a development which brings closer highly-secure quantum […]
Continue readingNo link between cellphone towers and early childhood cancers
Concerns have been raised in New Zealand and abroad about whether exposure by pregnant women to electromagnetic radiation from cellphone […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Scientists record music of the sun
British scientists say that the sun’s coronal loops vibrate like the strings of a guitar, and claim that they have […]
Continue readingSoil carbon: Key to cutting emissions?
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING: Thurs 24 June, 10:30 am (NZT) Did you know that there’s more carbon in the dirt beneath […]
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