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In the News | Published: 23 October 2008

A new diet has been attracting coverage in the press. The ‘Morning Banana Diet’ devised by Japanese pharmacist Sumiko Watanabe […]

In the News | Published: 23 October 200823 October 2008

A new diabetes drug that could extend the life of people with Type 2 diabetes and reduce complications is due […]

In the News | Published: 23 October 2008

A study published in the British Medical Journal this week had found that eating until full and eating quickly were […]

Blog | Published: 23 October 200819 June 2011

A feathered but flightless dinosaur is a bizarre new addition to the fossil record showing the early history of the […]

In the News | Published: 22 October 200801 December 2010

Erectile dysfunction can provide an early warning of a heart attack two or three years before one occurs, an expert […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 22 October 200801 December 2010

Dr Peter Agre, 2003 winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and who the Science Media Centre caught up with […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 21 October 200819 June 2011

Dr Simon Brown, a member of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology based at the University of Canterbury examines […]

In the News | Published: 21 October 2008

New Zealand biotech, Living Cell Technologies, firm has been given the green light to inject pig cells into humans as […]

In the News | Published: 21 October 2008

The Government is pledging $25 million over 10 years with the Auckland City Council earmarking $20 million worth of land […]

Blog | Published: 21 October 200819 June 2011

New Scientist points out a few home truths this week in its special issue “The Folly of Growth”. Basically, the […]