All News from Thu, 16 Sep 2010
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Alert Newsletter : Issue 638
1.2010 New Zealand Research Honours - 10 November – Christchurch Due to the popularity of this event, only a few tickets remain. If you wish… Read more…
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Memory problems not a normal sign of aging – study
Latest findings from a long-running study of US Catholic nuns, priests and brothers at odds with long-held views Read more…
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Arctic storms to decrease with warming
University of Reading climatologists predict the frequency of polar lows will halve by 2100 Read more…
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Scientists release early map of cacao DNA
US researchers sequence cacao gene in quick time Read more…
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News release: Two journalists win country’s richest non-fiction writing awards
Rebecca Priestley wins the Stout Centre Research Grant, which will support research for her next anthology, The Awa Book of Antarctic Science Read more…
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Road safety bill passes first reading
Bill also allows data to be gathered for research to decide the level of harm caused by drivers with alcohol levels between 0.05 grams per millilitre of blood and 0.08 Read more…
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New parasitic test to help sheep breeders
CARLATM saliva test measures natural immunity to internal parasites in sheep Read more…
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Smoking bans curb asthma: study
The number of children hospitalised for life-threatening asthma episodes fell 18 per cent in the first year after Scotland's smoke-free law took effect in March 2006 Read more…
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Aspirin ‘could ward off bowel cancer’
Reduction in risk appears to be similar to that achieved by bowel cancer screening programs Read more…
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Seaweed used as vehicle
Small sea animals use bull-kelp to 'hitch-hike' across entire oceans - Otago University research project Read more…
