Drilling continues at the Pike River mine as engineers create a 162-metre deep bore hole through to the mine shaft […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Antiproton successfully trapped for first time
The ALPHA Project, of which 15 Canadians are a part, is working at CERN’s antiproton decelerator facility in Switzerland. The […]
Continue readingGovernment: Agriculture may not make ETS in 2015
UPDATED 4.45PM:The Government’s plan to include agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2015 may not go ahead if New […]
Continue readingHeavy smoking in pregnancy and crime in offspring
Research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, suggests children of mothers who smoke heavily during pregnancy […]
Continue readingPSA and kiwifruit: scientific backgrounder
Below you will find a collection of research papers examining the impact, spread and characteristics of PSA and canker in […]
Continue readingAustralian HPV vaccination programme reduces STD – experts respond
AusSMC: Australia’s free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine program for young women has decreased the diagnosis of genital warts by 59 […]
Continue readingExperts on Qantas engine failures
AusSMC: Our colleagues at the AuSMC and UK SMC rounded up expert comments on the Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure […]
Continue readingLimiting brain damage in stroke victims – new research
Current therapies for stroke victims depend on rapid access to medical care. Within hours of a stroke, irreversible brain damage […]
Continue readingExperts on increased use of bariatric surgery
The Government has announced a $2 million increase in funding for bariatric surgery for morbidly obese New Zealanders. The extra […]
Continue readingMaking sense of statistics – the first World Stats Day kicks off
Today marks the first ever World Statistics Day, a UN initiative aimed at ‘celebrating the many contributions and achievements of official statistics’ […]
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