DNA Pioneer in SMC briefing As New Zealand forensic scientists prepare to mark 20 years of DNA testing in New […]
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Expert reaction to the launch of the Climate Change Emails inquiry
Last year saw the start of the ‘Climategate’ email controversy, in which it was claimed that top climate scientists from […]
Continue readingDom Post: Current thinking at IRL
Bill O’Byrne of the Dominion Post reports on high temperature superconductors (HTS), what they are, and the cutting edge work […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Pacific coastal disaster risk to be assessed
Eloise Gibson of the NZ Herald reports that GNS scientists will be spending the next 6 months travelling around the […]
Continue readingNelson Mail: Editorial: Helping scientists
An editorial in the Nelson Mail talks about the importance of science to New Zealand, the challenges being faced by […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Chemical-free cosmetic created in NZ
AgResearch scientists have discovered a the formula for a new cosmetic, which can be made without the use of chemicals […]
Continue readingDom Post: Kiwi aids climate-change research overhaul
Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post reports that a local scientist, Professor Martin Manning, is part of an international team […]
Continue readingClimate scenarios overhaul – Nature
A proposal for the next generation of climate scenarios for projecting future change features in this week’s Nature. This paper, […]
Continue reading‘IPCC: Cherish it, tweak it, scrap it?’ – scientists respond
In response to intensifying calls for reform of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), five influential climatologists have stepped […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Scientists gloomy about profession
A survey conducted by the Association of Scientists shows that less than half of NZ scientists would recommend the profession […]
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