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An industry report has revealed some positive growth in biosciences, but warns there may be a cash-flow crisis coming. This […]
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In a seminar held at CERN today, physicists presented the latest results of their searches for the Standard Model Higgs […]
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Our colleagues at the Canadian Science Media Centre have kindly put together the following backgrounder on the Higgs Boson. What […]
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Australian scientists are claiming success following completion of a New Zealand-backed pilot carbon capture and storage project that saw thousands […]
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Click below to read the Science Media Centre’s latest Heads-Up newsletter bringing you the latest science and tech news and […]
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Designating ecologically-poor slabs of the ocean — which miners and fishers don’t want — as marine protected areas (MPA) is […]
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As delegates at the United Nations climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, negotiate what — if any — binding […]
Continue readingNZ Expert: “Slow” progress at Durban climate talks
A New Zealand energy expert who has just arrived back from the COP17 climate talks in Durban, says progress during […]
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