A paper published today in Science reviews the spread of ‘dead zones’, which are regions of the ocean floor that […]
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PODCAST: Rebecca McLeod – MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year
Rebecca McLeod’s acceptance speech as Young Scientist of the Year. The University of Otago researcher found that sea floor ‘compost’ […]
Continue readingMatthew Brodie – Runner-up Young Scientist of the Year
The acceptance speech and Q&A with Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill for MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year runner-up Matthew […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Pete Hodgson on the future of New Zealand science
The Hon. Pete Hodgson, minister of science, research and technology addresses the research community at the MacDiarmid Young Scientist Awards […]
Continue readingProposed Hortresearch/ Crop & Food merger
New Zealand Herald: Merger plan for agriculture research institutes Stuff: Go ahead for science merger bid Radio New Zealand: Merger […]
Continue readingPODCAST: David Cunliffe on broadband and the economy
Some excerpts: “If we embrace ICT and lose the great Kiwi knocking machine, we’ll continue to be worldclass.” “No one […]
Continue readingPrince Charles warns of the risk of GM crops
The Prince of Wales warned this week that the development of genetically modified crops risked creating “the biggest disaster environmentally […]
Continue readingEnhancing Sport Performance
The 2008 Olympic Games have now begun, and we are all focused on the performance of our athletes. We asked […]
Continue readingBREAKING NEWS: HortResearch / Crop & Food proposed merger
HortResearch and Crop & Food, two of New Zealand’s nine Crown Research Institutes are investigating a possible merger. Both organisations […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Building the fat pipes – what it means for the economy
Ahead of the release of the revised Digital Strategy later this month, David Cunliffe explores how the New Zealand economy […]
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