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Viable urethras grown from cells of boys – experts respond
Scientists publishing in the journal The Lancet today have detailed how they used patients’ own cells to grow urinary tubes […]
Continue reading‘I predicted the earthquake’ – scientists respond
UPDATED – new comment below Recent media coverage has focused attention on unfounded claims that earthquakes can be predicted by […]
Continue readingMen act as reservoir for HPV
Research published today in The Lancet shows that about half of the general population in the US, Brazil and Mexico […]
Continue readingHow long to search for survivors? – A review of evidence from Haiti’s quake
In an effort to assist New Zealand-based rescue efforts, the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness has published a […]
Continue readingLessons from Kobe as Christchurch looks to rebuild
A geographer and former urban planner who has written a book about the aftermath of the devastating 1995 Kobe earthquake […]
Continue readingChristchurch – an expert on managing the disaster
Dr Neil Thomas, an expert in natural hazards and disaster management. Dr Thomas, who is based in Kingston University’s School […]
Continue readingThe quake: Experts on psychological impact, building engineering, geology
Rescue efforts continue in Christchurch to extract trapped people from destroyed buildings as fears grow that Christchurch’s highest hotel, the […]
Continue readingEngineering expert on 6.3M Christchurch earthquake
Dr Peter Stafford is a New Zealander born in Christchurch now working as the Willis Research Fellow RCUK Fellow / […]
Continue readingTiming of quake, weakened buildings – major contributors to loss of life
An unusually large aftershock from the September 4 Darfield earthquake is almost certainly to blame for the devastating quake that […]
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