Media Releases « Royal Society of New Zealand

Thirteen top researchers elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Posted: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 under Media Releases

Thirteen top New Zealand science and humanities researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Read more…
Royal Society of New Zealand paper highlights new research around sea level rise

Posted: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 under Media Releases

An Emerging Issues paper from the Royal Society of New Zealand looks at new research on sea level rise. Read more…
Rutherford Foundation awards $190,000 each to two emerging researchers

Posted: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 under Media Releases

Two postdoctoral fellowships worth $190,000 each have been awarded by the Rutherford Foundation. Read more…
Renowned British philosopher delivering free public lectures in New Zealand

Posted: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 under Media Releases

The past president of the British Academy and Cambridge University’s Professor of Philosophy, Baroness Onora O’Neill, is the inaugural speaker for the upcoming New Zealand Aronui Lecture series beginning in mid-September. Read more…
Leading Scientist Rises to the Challenge of the Human Brain

Posted: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 under Media Releases

Award winning scientist Professor Richard Faull, Director of Auckland University’s Centre for Brain Research, is this year’s Royal Society of New Zealand Distinguished Speaker. Read more…
Teachers focussing on science for the rest of the year

Posted: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 under Media Releases

Thirteen primary school teachers have been awarded Primary Science Teacher Fellowships for the last two terms of 2010, and will spend the rest of the year being immersed in the world of science. Read more…
Award-winning scientist to speak about the reality of virtual medicine

Posted: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 under Media Releases

When DNA was discovered over fifty years ago, science used this information to gather a huge source of data including a map of the entire human genome. The challenge now is to figure out how genes actually make the human body work. Read more…
Winning students from science film competition announced

Posted: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 under Media Releases

The winning films made by students in the Freemasons Reel Science Film Festival competition have been announced and are available for viewing. Read more…
New Zealand writers challenged to focus on the mind

Posted: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 under Media Releases

The country’s only literary award for science writing is reflecting the Royal Society of New Zealand’s move to take the humanities under its wing. The… Read more…
Maths, Maps and the Human Heart 2010 New Zealand Rutherford Lectures

Posted: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 under Media Releases

Professor Peter Hunter FRSNZ Director, Auckland Bioengineering Institute and Chair, Marsden Fund Council How does DNA make the heart beat? Science is on an extraordinary… Read more…