Evidence suggests that climate change has led to changes in climate extremes such as heat waves, record high temperatures and, […]
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SMC(UK) Fact Sheet on Schmallenberg virus
This fact sheet was produced by the SMC UK to give journalists a background on the Schmallenberg virus currently affecting […]
Continue readingNEEDNT food list targets obese patient’s diet
When it comes to healthy food, consumers are often at the mercy of misleading dietary claims from manufacturers. Now researchers […]
Continue readingDr Richard Webby on following the ‘flu
Dr Richard Webby, a New Zealand virus researcher based in the US, this week gave a public lecture on influenza […]
Continue readingInnovation – what can we learn from Europe?
Innovation has become a major touchstone for policymakers and scientists as New Zealand makes changes to some of its state […]
Continue readingAnatomy of a disaster: preliminary report on the February 22, 2011 Christchurch quake
Scientists have confirmed in a new research paper on last year’s disastrous February 22 Christchurch aftershock that computer modelling showed […]
Continue readingCoral Sea: “Don’t worry about a couple of degrees” – professor
Warming of the oceans may not be as terrible an experience for fish in some waters which are already warm […]
Continue reading‘Last Ocean’ concerns canvassed at conservation think tank
Some of the 250 international scientists gathered in Auckland for a world conference on conservation biology, have just spent three […]
Continue readingScientists on priorities for marine conservation
An international group of scientists met in Auckland this weekend for the inaugural Marine Conservation Think Tank to develop a […]
Continue readingTotal Diet Study – the findings analysed
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) officials say the five-yearly Total Diet Study — analysis based on research done in […]
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