A large-scale survey in the UK suggests around one in 2,000 people carry an abnormal prion — a mis-folded brain […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Hamiltonians opt for water fluoridation – expert responds
Hamilton residents participating in a local body referendum have voted overwhelmingly to resume fluoridating the city’s water supply. The referendum […]
Continue readingUS suspends Antarctic research programme – experts respond
Antarctic research programmes are in limbo as funding repercussions from the United States federal shutdown reach the southernmost continent. The […]
Continue readingHiggs Boson theory earns Nobel for Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to the theorists who predicted the Higgs Boson particle 50 years before […]
Continue reading‘Designer babies’ patent – experts respond
A patent on a method which allows prospective parents to pick and choose their children’s traits prior to undergoing fertility […]
Continue readingIPCC global climate report – experts respond
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released the first segment of the long awaited Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) summing […]
Continue readingStem cells induced in living mice – experts respond
Scientists have reprogrammed adult cells to revert to a stem cell state inside living mice. Induced pluripotent stem cells, which […]
Continue readingE-cigarettes comparable to patches – NZ research
Electronic cigarettes are as effective as nicotine patches in aiding smokers to give up tobacco, according to new research. However […]
Continue readingExpert on brain training video games
Playing brain-training video games may help reverse the natural decline in cognitive abilities among older people, according to scientists who published their […]
Continue readingUpdated: Fukushima ‘ice wall’ to contain radioactive water leak – Experts respond
10am, 5.9.13: Japan’s government will pour $500 million into an attempt to contain and treat contaminated water at the site […]
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