All News from Thu, 7 Oct 2010
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Alert Newsletter: Issue 641
1. Top researchers elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Twelve top New Zealand pure and applied science and humanities researchers… Read more…
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Trio wins Nobel for key chemical tool
Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki discovered new ways to bond carbon atoms together, methods now widely used to make medicines and in agriculture and electronics Read more…
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Satellite data sheds new light on solar cycle
Overturns understanding of the solar cycle and could help explain extreme local weather patterns Read more…
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US artist unveils mural to “cathedral of science”
The brightly coloured mural, three stories high and twice as wide, is on the main and side wall of a building on the sprawling CERN site Read more…
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Gillard scraps climate assembly
Ms Gillard went to the election promising to bring together an assembly of 150 citizens to discuss ways to tackle climate change Read more…
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NZ TB study highlights immune response in lungs
Malaghan Institute has developed a novel strategy of trapping immune cells at specific sites in the body and then checking how this affects the ability of the immune system to protect against TB Read more…
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Don’t blame green energy for bill hikes
Clean energy groups argue investment in infrastructure - not in renewables - is driving up household power bills Read more…
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Government funds four fellowships for scientists
James Cook research fellowships have gone to scientists at four different universities Read more…
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High amounts of heavy metals found in China tobacco
Some Chinese cigarettes contain amounts of lead, arsenic and cadmium that are three times higher than levels found in Canadian cigarettes Read more…
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Early childhood education review taskforce announced
Has some researchers on taskforce Read more…
