Growth restriction in utero is a potentially serious pregnancy complication with no current treatment options. Around the world, researchers are […]
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Climate answers buried in Antarctica
Many of the remaining great unknowns about climate change lie buried within Antarctica’s ice. At the Strategic Science in Antarctica […]
Continue readingBudget 2013: What’s in it for science?
Budget 2013 saw a net increase of around $50 million in science and innovation funding, according to Science and Innovation […]
Continue readingExpert briefing on H7N9 avian influenza
UK SMC: As the number of human cases of avian flu continues to rise, China and its surrounding regions remain […]
Continue readingNational Science Challenges – 10 areas of focus outlined
The Government has announced the National Science Challenges – 10 areas of focus over the next four years – $73.5 million in […]
Continue readingLongfin eels – PCE calls for commercial fishing moratorium
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]
Continue readingDrought – soil, rivers, climate, outlook
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING – FRI 22 MAR The ‘big dry’ continues, with the entire North Island officially declared a drought […]
Continue reading‘Beyond the limits’ Freshwater scientists speak out
Is current intensification of land use damaging our waterways beyond repair? Deteriorating water quality and arguments over access to water […]
Continue readingFracking in New Zealand – experts on the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, today released her report on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The PCE’s report […]
Continue readingBRIEFING: Unravelling your genome
Your genome – the billions of bits of DNA code that make up the instructions needed to make you who you […]
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