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In the News

A wrap-up of the science stories grabbing headlines here and internationally.

Stuff: Call to restrict junk-food sale near schools

In the News  |  Published: 25 January 2011

Rebecca Todd writes in The Press about calls by the Secondary Principal’s Association of New Zealand to restric what dairies […]

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RadioNZ: Research to unearth more about Alpine Fault

In the News  |  Published: 25 January 2011

The first of two planned boreholes into the Alpine Fault has been completed. The longest active fault in New Zealand, […]

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NZ Herald: Vitamins aid becoming a father, study shows

In the News  |  Published: 20 January 2011

Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald about an Auckland-led review which suggests that taking certain supplements could help […]

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NZ Herald/NZPA: Stem cell campaigners win go-ahead for trial

In the News  |  Published: 19 January 2011

An ethics panel has granted approval for New Zealand’s first clinical trial of adult stem cell treatment for spinal cord […]

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Stuff: There’s gold, pure gold, in this wool

In the News  |  Published: 19 January 2011

Kiran Chug writes about the work of Victoria University chemists who have developed a means of bonding gold nanoparticles to […]

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Radio NZ: Climate research reveals role of ocean warming

In the News  |  Published: 17 January 201121 January 2011

Research led by a New Zealand scientist has revealed the major cause behind the significant melting of the West Antarctica […]

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BusinessDay: Sav blanc can cause a headache but save your skin

In the News  |  Published: 17 January 201121 January 2011

Catherine Harris writes in BusinessDay about encouraging early results suggesting that sauvignon blanc extracts can help avoid sunburn. The research, […]

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NZ Herald: Kiwi software tracked Oz floods

In the News  |  Published: 17 January 2011

Cristopher Adams writes in the New Zealand Herald about the New Zealand-designed software platform which was used to generate the […]

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NZ Herald: Popular painkillers ‘lift stroke, heart risk’

In the News  |  Published: 14 January 2011

Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald about a new study which suggests that the long-term use of popular […]

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Media coverage: Key player in saving of kakapo dies

In the News  |  Published: 14 January 201114 January 2011

Richard Henry, the kakapo whose discovery in 1975 overturned the belief that kakapo had become extinct, has died. Henry, who […]

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