All News from November 2010
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Imports of NZ kiwifruit cuttings banned
Australia and the US will continue to accept NZ kiwifruit despite the block on nursery stock Read more…
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Few young US women get full HPV vaccine – study
In a study involving 9,660 women between the ages of 9 and 26, only 39.1 percent received a single dose, 30.1 percent received two doses, and 30.8 percent completed the recommended three dose regimen Read more…
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Study solves farming mystery
Central Europe's first farming communities were from the near east, not local hunter-gatherers as commonly believed - ancient DNA study Read more…
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Thinning ozone could be leaving whales sunburned
Like humans, lighter-skinned whales had more skin damage than their darker-skinned counterparts, a study of Gulf of California whales shows Read more…
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Gonad greatness: Insect has record-breaking testicles
The tuberous bushcricket (Platycleis affinis) testes amount to 13.8 percent of its body mass Read more…
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Israel’s scientists think big in miniature
Discoveries being presented at Nano Israel 2010 Read more…
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World must act to boost rice supply
Kanayo Nwanze, president of the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development addresses world rice congress in Hanoi Read more…
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Killer vine disease threatens crops nationwide
May have been in NZ in a latent state for years - Biosecurity Minister, David Carter Read more…
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Scientists collide lead ions in Big Bang machine
CERN researchers are trying to detect a thick soup of matter called "quark-gluon plasma" in the hope of gaining a deeper insight into how the universe began Read more…
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Bid to use sodium nitrite baits on possums, pigs
Auckland company Connovation Ltd is seeking Erma approval to import the food preservative as an alternative toxin to 1080 for ground control of pests Read more…
