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The Green Party is calling for stronger policies on fuel efficiency and public transport,
as well as a moratorium on new coal mines, if New Zealand is to stabilise its greenhouse
gas emissions.
Visitors to Te Papa?s hugely popular interactive ?murder-mystery? exhibition,
The Poisoners! Solve the murder if you dare?have another reason to don their detective
hats and investigate the crime scene anew.
New research has shown that work-related stress is a cause of clinical depression
and anxiety among young adults. In a study of almost 900 32-year olds, 14 per cent
of women and 10 per cent of men experiencing stress at work ? and with no prior ...
NASA managers have cleared space shuttle Endeavour's August launch after a two-day
flight readiness review that assessed mission risks and determined the shuttle's
equipment, support systems and procedures are ready to fly.
National Climate Summary ? July 2007: A month of extremes and contrasts ? severe
floods; numerous damaging tornadoes and destructive winds in the north; ice and severe
frost in the south
Toi te Taiao: the Bioethics Council has begun a new and innovative form of public
engagement in its latest project on pre-birth testing. The process involves members
of the public framing the approaches to a policy issue which reflect what the public ...
A drug developed in New Zealand by Industrial Research Ltd (IRL) for the treatment
of the chronic and painful skin disease psoriasis, will shortly be trialled on sufferers
in the United States by pharmaceutical giant Roche.
Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX: LCT; US OTC: LVCLY) today announced the publication
of a scientific paper endorsing the micro-encapsulation technology used in the cell-based
therapeutic product, DiabeCell?.
The insurance industry must be provided with data on the risks to New Zealand's environment
and Brand reputation before any more approvals of GE foods or field trials are allowed.
A device being developed by Auckland company Zephyr Technology that could prevent
amputations through early detection of foot problems in people with diabetes is being
championed by international experts for its potential to significantly improve quality ...
The therapeutic effects of existing pharmaceutical drugs on a rare disease affecting
one in 2000 children is under investigation by Victoria medical researchers using
a new, specialised microscope.
The government must develop new legislation to ensure local ratepayers and the general
public are not left to cover the costs of harm caused by official approval of GM
foods, field trials or commercialised products.
Farmers who haven?t yet booked their annual soil test should do so as soon as possible,
advises Ballance Agri-Nutrients Head of Agro-Sciences, Warwick Catto. Soil testing
is an essential part of modern farm management. Soil tests show farmers the levels ...
?Regulation proposed by the Northland Councils? Genetic Modification Working
Group would deny Northland farmers choice and cost ratepayers millions of dollars,?
the Chairman of the Life Sciences Network, Dr William Rolleston said today.
The "food miles" efficiency of the New Zealand dairy industry in producing and delivering
products for the British market has received new confirmation from a Lincoln University
report released today. (27 July) The report shows that in the production of New Zealand ...
The Research Roadshow, complete with a car crash scenario and a host of road safety
factors, is set to visit schools throughout Auckland as it works with year 10 students.
The Roadshow aims to enhance students? powers of observation and investigation ...
The ever-popular Science Roadshow is once again returning to Auckland. The Roadshow
is being hosted by various Intermediate and Secondary Schools throughout the city
between the 23rd July & 23rd August. Several thousand local school students are expected ...
Unmanned vehicles will fly into the crater of an offshore volcano during the next
three weeks to map it at high precision and search for possible mineral deposits.
The Ministry of Fisheries and NIWA are jointly offering postgraduate scholarships
for Masters or PhD students in the field of quantitative fisheries science.
An autopsy has confirmed that a dead baby orca missing its head, tail fin, right
pectoral fin and with a cut in its side found on Ninety Mile Beach in early July
died by drowning.
?Biosecurity is more crucial to New Zealand than almost any other economy in the
world,? Jim Anderton, Minister for Biosecurity, said today. ?Many countries around
the world are under siege from bombs and bullets. Our bad guys are biological. And ...
From 1 August young New Zealanders will have a safe virtual city, SciCity, in which
they can explore, create and discover thanks to Otago Museum?s Discovery World,
IBM New Zealand, and ZeDDD Technology.
Auckland zookeepers arrived at work this morning to a new addition to the family
- a giraffe calf, the first female giraffe born at the zoo in 15 years.
The 2007 New Zealand Chemistry Olympiad team returned home today from the 39th International
Chemistry Olympiad held in Moscow on 15-24 July, 2007
BioPacificVentures today announced its ninth investment in the life sciences ?
$6.3 million into EnCoate Ltd, the biopolymer company owned 50/50 by AgResearch and
Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
University of Otago Vice-Chancellor Professor David Skegg has announced this year?s
recipients of the Early Career Awards for Distinction in Research. The awards, first
introduced in 2004, recognise outstanding research achievements by early career academic ...
The latest findings from MAF Biosecurity New Zealand?s Didymosphenia geminata (didymo)
science programme were presented to the Didymo Technical Advisory Group and Long-Term
Management partners at a seminar held in Wellington today.
For more information you may contact any of the following scientists directly, or
email headlinescience@rsnz.org or call 04 4705758.
Acting AgResearch Chairman Graham Fraser announced today the Crown Research Institute
had appointed Dr Jane Adams to its Board of Directors. ?We are delighted to announce
the appointment of Dr Adams to the AgResearch Board of Directors. She brings considerable ...
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research has been awarded close to $1.7 million of
Foundation for Research, Science and Technology funding for nearly four years of
research on the economics of climate change and its impact on New Zealand.
The government must listen to New Zealand scientists' warnings that urgent research
is needed before a new GM corn should be allowed into human food. The Minister must
intervene to protect the integrity of the food supply until regulations are in place ...
Another GE corn has been recommended to be approved as safe for human consumption
by Food Standards Australia New Zealand. But the food safety trials used were flawed,
and new ones need to be developed, according to the Soil & Health Association. The ...
The popular perception that life for most animals is a continuous grim struggle for
survival has been debunked by international animal behaviour researcher Dr Jonathan
Balcombe.
GE Free NZ (in food and environment) supports the NZFSA on their strong stand against
the use of Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) in baby formula?s. Though their initial
decision to take action is to be congratulated, much more is urgently needed.
The government must listen to New Zealand scientists' warnings that urgent research
is needed before a new GM corn should be allowed into human food.
August is a poor month for viewing the planets. Jupiter and Mars will be visible
for all of August. Venus will be visible in the evening sky at the start and in the
morning sky at the end of the month. Saturn will be visible in the evening sky for ...
Scientists at the University of Otago, Christchurch have discovered that bleach is
one of the key factors used by white blood cells to control bacterial infections
in the body. Exactly how these foot soldiers of the immune system control and kill ...
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) yesterday entered four Christchurch premises
in response to information that people at those addresses were breeding and/or selling
genetically modified aquarium fish.
The importance of Industrial Research Ltd's (IRL) research to New Zealand is reflected
in the excellent results that IRL has received in funding from the Foundation for
Research, Science and Technology today.
University of Waikato researchers in computer science and engineering have received
almost $10.8 million in the latest Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
funding round announced today.
