As part of the Copenhagen 2009: Issues, Options, Outlook and Outcomes series of lectures, Judy Lawrence presents her take on […]
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Experts react to call for ban on bisphenol-A (BPA)
BPA is a chemical widely-used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastics, epoxy resins inside food and beverage cans, and other […]
Continue readingScientists debate carbon sequestration and geoengineering options
This week’s issue of Nature Geoscience (cover — “Locking carbon in minerals”), timed to coincide with Copenhagen climate talk preparations, […]
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NIWA has published its climate outlook for the next three months (Dec – Feb): “El Niño strengthens, with conditions likely to […]
Continue readingInsect repellent linked to birth defects – UK and Aus experts respond
New research published in the BMJ’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine suggests the use of insect repellent during the first three […]
Continue readingAtea-1 blasts off
Yesterday, following a slight delay, Atea-1 took to the sky. The 6m tall rocket, developed by Auckland firm Rocket Lab […]
Continue readingTVNZ: GE weeds spread from containment glasshouse
A piece by TVNZ on MAF’s investigation of a potential GM-trial breach on the Lincoln campus of Crown Research Institute, […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Prof John Hamilton on inflammatory/auto-immune disease
Last Friday, Professor John Hamilton, from the University of Melbourne, gave a great talk entitled “Colony stimulating factors, macrophages and […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Chronic fatigue cause unlocked
Alice Neville of the New Zealand Herald reports that the previously-unknown cause of chronic fatigue syndrome has been found. Chronic […]
Continue readingDom Post: New Zealand scientists find new cancer drug
Ruth Hill of the Dominion Post reports on a new class of anti-cancer drugs, developed by New Zealand scientists from […]
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