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What are NZ’s cybersecurity threats? – Expert Q&A
With the 14th annual Privacy, Security and Trust conference held in Auckland this week, the Science Media Centre asked cybersecurity […]
Continue readingMarsden Funds of $65.2m – In the News
A total of 117 research projects were granted $65.2 million in funds in last week’s Marsden Fund announcement. An increase to […]
Continue readingExpert Q&A: Aquifers, groundwater and how contaminations can occur
A campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North affected an estimated 4000 people, sent dozens to the emergency department and sparked an […]
Continue readingKeytruda decision hasn’t addressed drug-funding problems – Expert reaction
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of melanoma in the world but lags in funding novel drugs that […]
Continue readingPaying tribute to a science reporting star
RNZ’s Veronika Meduna, one of the country’s most experienced and respected science journalists, finished up co-hosting the popular Our Changing […]
Continue readingPlan to lure leading researchers to New Zealand – Expert reaction
The ‘Entrepreneurial Universities’ initiative will aim to bring 15 – 20 world-leading researchers to New Zealand, with our universities bidding […]
Continue readingBrexit: what does it mean for science? Expert reaction
Brexit is a reality – Britain has voted to leave the European Union. With the shock waves beginning to be […]
Continue readingGovt cyber security spend welcome – Dr Ian Welch
In the New Zealand Herald Victoria University Wellington cyber security researcher Dr Ian Welch welcomes increased government investment in cyber […]
Continue readingRecord year for HRC health funding – In the news
Woolly bandages, ear infections and e-cigarettes are just a few of the subjects to be investigated by recipients of funding […]
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