MEDIA BRIEFING: TODAY 11:30 AM Project Leader Cornel de Ronde of GNS Science will announce results of his team’s just-completed […]
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Briefing: How will Australia cope with peak oil?
A briefing by the Australian Science Media Centre has looked at the issue of peak oil in Australia, and how […]
Continue readingONLINE BRIEFING: Biodiversity in 2010 – taking stock
2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, is drawing to a close. This year’s targets for global biodiversity conservation — the […]
Continue readingBriefing: Dietary supplements – the good, the bad and the ineffectual
Dietary supplements are an increasingly common part of our lives, but should they be? A sophisticated, multibillion dollar industry exists […]
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 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 […]
Continue readingSMC Briefing: Eco-labels – a threat to New Zealand?
An audio briefing for journalists on food miles and eco-labeling and the economic implications for New Zealand exports. Log-in to […]
Continue readingWhy aren’t we immunising our kids? An SMC briefing
There is a real problem in New Zealand with immunisation rates, as highlighted in the Unicef’s State of the World’s […]
Continue readingBriefing papers reveal snapshot of CRIs’ financial health
The new minister for research, science and technology, Dr Wayne Mapp, wasn’t joking earlier in the month when he said […]
Continue readingBRIEFING: New Zealand input into global study
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING – Friday 19 September at 2pm (NZT) – online (in collaboration with the Australian Science Media Centre) […]
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