Biowaste is the unavoidable end-point of our civilisation. It’s made up of all of our waste, including biosolids (sewage sludge) […]
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Text-based Q&As and media briefings with experts on topical issues in the science and technology world.
The P problem – is banning pseudoephedrine the answer?
The Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, has been tasked with finding ways to fight New Zealand’s worsening methamphetamine […]
Continue readingVirtual water – what is it, and what does it mean for NZ?
Virtual water – defined as the total amount of water used in the production of anything from a cup of […]
Continue readingNZ Scientists urge complete rethink on sustainability
New Zealand’s approach to sustainability is fundamentally flawed according to a group of experts who say a radical overhaul of […]
Continue readingTackling methane emissions – the science involved
As the world’s governments prepare to gather in Copenhagen to hammer out an agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions, New […]
Continue readingXenotransplantation and the LCT trials in New Zealand
UPDATE: Living Cell Technologies, a New Zealand-based biotech firm, has just announced that it is commencing trials on a potentially […]
Continue readingNanotechnology and consumer safety — what are the risks?
Hundreds of consumer products containing nanoparticles are already on the shelves, but almost nothing is known about their effects on […]
Continue readingPolluted waterways – the science and the solutions
Water quality in our rivers, streams, lakes and estuaries is deteriorating as land use, particularly by the agricultural sector intensifies. […]
Continue readingThe consequences of more acidic oceans
The world’s oceans absorb around one third of the carbon released into the atmosphere as a result of human activities […]
Continue readingSMC Briefing: Bovine genome sequenced and released
New Zealand scientists are among an international group of researchers who have sequenced the cow genome in its entirety and […]
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