Australian nuclear experts respond to the damage to several Japanese reactors in the wake of Friday’s 8.9 earthquake in Japan. […]
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Japan’s nuclear crisis – Q&A with experts
Japanese nuclear authorities continue their efforts to avert nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima earthquake-damaged power plant. The following Q&A backgrounder […]
Continue readingFukushima reactor breach: radiation and health effects
AusSMC: As the situation unfolds following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, experts look at the health effects of exposure […]
Continue readingExperts on Japanese nuclear power plant explosion
The Japanese Government is struggling to cool its Fukushima nuclear power plant following a dramatic explosion at the plant which […]
Continue readingExperts: Japan quake – no relation to Christchurch
Japan is dealing with a damaged nuclear reactor, widespread fires and the impact of a devastating tsunami in the wake […]
Continue readingJapan’s 8.8M earthquake – Q&A with UK-based scientists
UK SMC: Answers to questions from journalists provided by the UK Science Media Centre… Is there any relation to Christchurch […]
Continue readingViable urethras grown from cells of boys – experts respond
Scientists publishing in the journal The Lancet today have detailed how they used patients’ own cells to grow urinary tubes […]
Continue reading‘I predicted the earthquake’ – scientists respond
UPDATED – new comment below Recent media coverage has focused attention on unfounded claims that earthquakes can be predicted by […]
Continue readingMen act as reservoir for HPV
Research published today in The Lancet shows that about half of the general population in the US, Brazil and Mexico […]
Continue readingHow long to search for survivors? – A review of evidence from Haiti’s quake
In an effort to assist New Zealand-based rescue efforts, the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness has published a […]
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