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Newsletter digest: Nanoparticle safety, NZ innovation, cellphone masts/radiation and soil carbon

Blog  |  Published: 25 June 2010

Concerns raised about nanoparticles Creating materials on the nanoscale is an area of science tipped to hold huge potential for […]

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Newsletter Digest: Soil carbon and emissions, agri-tech at Fieldays and the Qantas Media Awards

Blog  |  Published: 18 June 201021 June 2010

Soil carbon and cutting emissions Did you know that there’s more carbon in the dirt beneath our feet than in […]

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Newsletter Digest: Space capsule landing, oil drilling, and Fieldays

Blog  |  Published: 11 June 2010

Aussie-bound space capsule due Scientists in the desolate South Australian outback are preparing for the touch down of a Japanese […]

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Newsletter Digest: Southern Ocean carbon sink and NZ’s synthetic bio sitrep

Blog  |  Published: 28 May 2010

Will the Southern Ocean carbon sink hold? Ice core records show there was a sharp rise in carbon dioxide in […]

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Newsletter Digest: Synthetic cells, troubled teens and Interphone

Blog  |  Published: 21 May 2010

Synthetic biology breakthrough Geneticist Dr Craig Venter was integral to the sequencing of the human genome. Now he claims to […]

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PODCAST: UPLoad 2010

Blog  |  Published: 20 May 2010

On Tuesday night I was able to go and see UPLoad 2010.  Titled ‘The Great Broadband Debate’, it covered (amongst […]

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Newsletter Digest: Neanderthals, mining, NIWA vs Hide and the XT failure

Blog  |  Published: 07 May 201007 May 2010

Discover your inner Neanderthal Scientists now have a “rough draft” for the genetic make-up of Neanderthals after sequencing 60 per […]

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Newsletter Digest: Two types of ‘flu, water, and 3 degrees C

Blog  |  Published: 23 April 2010

Swine flu – lessons one year on This time last year, as Kiwis prepared to attend weekend dawn parade and […]

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Newsletter Digest: Ash, DNA swaps and kiwi GM research

Blog  |  Published: 16 April 2010

Ash means empty skies over Britain Thousands of travellers are feeling the effects of a large volcanic eruption in Iceland, […]

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Newsletter Digest: A new ancestor, blood alcohol and online enforcement

Blog  |  Published: 09 April 201009 April 2010

New human ancestor discovered A team of scientists, including three Australians, have uncovered the skeletal remains of a new species […]

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