Israeli physicist Daniel Shechtman was last night awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry for his discovery of “quasicrystals” in metals […]
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Experts on use of cloning to make human stem cells
In a world first, scientists in the US have used a cloning technique to derive embryonic stem cells from human […]
Continue readingAstrophysicists awarded Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a group of astronomers whose research revealed that the universe is […]
Continue readingNobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine – experts respond
The Nobel Prize, the highest honour in science, was today awarded to three distinguished researchers in the field of Physiology […]
Continue readingKiwi software underpins Twitter as a global “mood ring”
A new study has used millions of tweets from around the world to analyse how the moods of people change […]
Continue readingWater increasingly important in environmental perceptions
Climate change may be the world’s biggest environmental challenge, but New Zealanders are pre-occupied with issues of water quality at […]
Continue readingAnti-inflammatory drugs and cardiovascular risk
A review of research has clarified the heart and stroke risks associated with taking anti-inflammatory drugs. Australian and Canadian researchers […]
Continue readingAll eyes on the sky for satellite re-entry
Our friends at the Australian Science Media Centre have collected useful background, resources and commentary ahead of the re-entry: NASA’s […]
Continue readingExperts on link between Canterbury quakes
A new study suggests that geological stress caused by the September Darfield quake may have ‘loaded’ the fault that ruptured […]
Continue readingSpeed camera needed for neutrinos?
Physicists have said – in a paper and in a seminar at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) – […]
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