Rachel Grunwell writes in the New Zealand Herald about experts who are considering whether they should move to ban artificial […]
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Malborough Express/NZPA: Wine project to get $12m boost
Michael Berry (and NZPA) writes in the Malborough Express about the $12million FoRST grant which will fund research into sauvignon […]
Continue readingStuff/Dom Post: Nobel winner’s medal to inspire new researchers
Tom Hunt writes for the Dominion Post about the gift by Gayl Gentile of her husband Alan MacDiarmid’s nobel prize […]
Continue readingDom Post: Predicting success with Niwa supercomputer
Kate Chapman writes in the Dominion Post about NIWA’s new supercomputer, which is being officially launched today. At only half […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: 1080 replacement 6 years away
Researchers looking into a replacement for the poison 1080 (currently used to control the possum and other pest populations) say […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Essential elements
Michelle Coursey writes in the New Zealand Herald about some of the nutrients we need every day, why we need […]
Continue readingODT: ADHD no ‘made-up’ disorder
Eileen Goodwin writes in the Otago Daily Times about a recent seminar by Professor Anita Thapar in which she discussed […]
Continue readingVitamin C found to have effect on tumours
Vitamin C, otherwise called ascorbate, has been found to have a link with cancerous tumour growth, according to University of […]
Continue readingBusiness Day/Stuff: Researchers aim to bring 3-D into the everyday
William Mace writes in Business Day about work by University of Auckland researchers to make 3D production both more affordable, […]
Continue readingSunday Star Times: Flu expert linked to drug firms
Tony Wall writes in the Sunday Star Times about virologist Lance Jennings, who helped develop NZ’s response to the AH1N1 […]
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