Patrick Pilchar writes, in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, about New Zealand’s poor innovation performance, most recently […]
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TVNZ/NZPA: NZ study shows the pill can reduce cysts
A study produced by two Auckland researchers suggests that the contraceptive pill could be an effective means of reducing the […]
Continue readingTVNZ/NZPA: Cuckoo steps up evolutionary arms race: study
The completion of the first detailed look into the relationship between New Zealand’s shining cuckoos and grey warblers suggests that […]
Continue readingAgricultural emissions – the global effort to reduce them
Officials and scientists from 28 countries that have signed up to the Global Research Alliance will arrive in Wellington next […]
Continue readingLarge Hadron Collider success celebrated – research finally underway
Today, scientists at CERN in Geneva erupted into cheers as the world’s largest particle accelerator produced its first planned proton […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Top UK scientist urges NZ to keep open mind on GM
Eloise Gibson writes in the New Zealand Herald that the PM’s chief science advisor Professor Sir Peter Gluckman’s UK counterpart, […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Recession eclipses planet’s problems
Eloise Gibson of the NZ Herald writes about the results of a recent survey showing that, over the last year, […]
Continue readingWaikato Times:Trains go faster than we think
Nicole Brennan writes in the Waikato Times about research from the University of Waikato showing that people’s perception of the […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Future electronics, meat consumption and the NZBio and Kea Awards
Life after silicon – future electronics The journal Science gives over much of this week’s issue to the role silicon-based […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Asthma sufferers get help from blackcurrants
Blackcurrants contain a compound which could help lungs fight inflammation, according to research conducted by Plant and Food Research. The […]
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