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Text-based Q&As and media briefings with experts on topical issues in the science and technology world.
NZ Scientists urge complete rethink on sustainability
New Zealand’s approach to sustainability is fundamentally flawed according to a group of experts who say a radical overhaul of […]
Continue readingTackling methane emissions – the science involved
As the world’s governments prepare to gather in Copenhagen to hammer out an agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions, New […]
Continue readingXenotransplantation and the LCT trials in New Zealand
UPDATE: Living Cell Technologies, a New Zealand-based biotech firm, has just announced that it is commencing trials on a potentially […]
Continue readingNanotechnology and consumer safety — what are the risks?
Hundreds of consumer products containing nanoparticles are already on the shelves, but almost nothing is known about their effects on […]
Continue readingPolluted waterways – the science and the solutions
Water quality in our rivers, streams, lakes and estuaries is deteriorating as land use, particularly by the agricultural sector intensifies. […]
Continue readingThe consequences of more acidic oceans
The world’s oceans absorb around one third of the carbon released into the atmosphere as a result of human activities […]
Continue readingSMC Briefing: Bovine genome sequenced and released
New Zealand scientists are among an international group of researchers who have sequenced the cow genome in its entirety and […]
Continue readingDrilling back in time in the name of climate science
Can looking at samples of five million year-old rock sediment tell us the consequences of warming the earth by pumping […]
Continue readingSMC Briefing: Biosecurity – heading off the threats
LISTEN ONLINE: MEDIA BRIEFING: Tuesday, 10 March 10.30am As an isolated, island nation, New Zealand has managed to keep at […]
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