The MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards were held last Thursday in Auckland. The event awards aspiring young scientists […]
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The Sunday Star Times’ Rod Oram writes about New Zealand business’ approach to the Emissions Trading Scheme, and the fact […]
Continue readingSaturday Morning with Kim Hill: Amy Whitehead – Saving the Whio
Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill interviews Amy Whitehead, overall runner-up of the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards 2009. […]
Continue readingNitrous oxide – the big baddie of greenhouse gases
Nitrous oxide, which comes from natural and man-made sources, is the most damaging of greenhouse gases according to scientists who […]
Continue readingMacDiarmid: The best young scientists and their research
UPDATE: Click here to read about the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year winners Tomorrow night will see the 2009 […]
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Bill Reichert, Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, talks from his (deep) experience with venture capital funding and entrepreneurship about […]
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A mother’s diet before and during pregnancy can help determine when a daughter reaches puberty and her own reproductive capacity […]
Continue readingDominion Post: NZ to wait and see on swine flu vaccine
An article in the Dominion Post by Ruth Hill looking at the New Zealand Government’s planned approach to a vaccination […]
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