UK SMC: Scientists published in Nature Neuoscience today have concluded that caffeine enhances long-term memory by improving the process of memory […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Experts on modelling effects of geoengineering
UK SMC: Our colleagues at the Science Media Centre in London gathered expert reaction to new study modelling the effects […]
Continue readingFDA crackdown on antibacterial soaps – experts respond
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling on soap manufacturers to come clean about how effective antibacterial hands […]
Continue readingMaui’s dolphin extinction risk
A major international conference on marine mammals in Dunedin this week has focused attention on efforts to halt the extinction […]
Continue reading‘Break the tyranny of the luxury journals’ – Nobel laureate
In UK newspaper the Guardian, Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman calls for an end to the scientific community’s dependence on […]
Continue readingMen’s and women’s brains ‘wired differently’ – experts respond
Do gender stereotypes reflect physical differences in men’s and women’s brains? A study finding different patterns of connectivity in men’s […]
Continue readingWiFi and brain cancer risk – experts respond
A New Zealand-based lobby group Safer Wireless Technology New Zealand Incorporated (also known as Ban the Tower) is urging the Government […]
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GM maize and cancer study retracted – experts respond
A controversial study on the effects of genetically modified maize on rats has now been retracted by the publishing journal. […]
Continue readingShifts in farming put pressure on water quality – report
Changes in the way New Zealanders use land are negatively affecting the water quality of our lakes and rivers and […]
Continue readingWMO’s State of the Climate report – experts respond
The World Meteorological Organization has released its Provisional Statement on the Status of the Global Climate 2013. The preliminary assessment […]
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