Science in the News
Daily news service covering local and international (for members)
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Russia poised to breach mysterious Antarctic lake
Scientists suspect lake hides unknown life forms Read more…
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Simple life changes could stop millions of cancers
About a third of all common cancers in the United States, China and Britain could be prevented each year if people ate healthier food, drank less alcohol and exercised more Read more…
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Europe aims to boost innovation
Putting new ideas into action is much more difficult in Europe, where the money needed to fund risky investments is scarce, patents are expensive and the different legal systems in 27 countries have left many aspiring businessmen confused Read more…
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$7.5 m a year for supercomputer network
The Government will invest nearly $30 million over four years into a super computer network Read more…
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News release: UC builds on investment in High Performance Computing with $8 million contribution to National eScience Infrastructure
The Government has announced a $27.4 million investment in NeSI over the next four years with $21 million in co-investment coming from UC, the University of Auckland and the University of Otago, Crown Research Institutes, NIWA, AgResearch and Landcare Research Read more…
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Tangaroa returns from survey following $20m refit
The research vessel Tangaroa has successfully completed its first voyage since its recent $20 million dollar upgrade, surveying for hoki and other commercially important species on the Chatham Rise Read more…
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Increase in younger students in tertiary study
The number of people aged 18 to 25 studying at tertiary institutions has increased 13.5 percent since 2008 Read more…
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News release: Izon Science sponsors gathering of world-leading nanotechnologists in New Zealand
Nanotechnology company Izon Science, is putting its support behind a gathering of world-leading nanotechnologists, physicists and chemists in Wellington next week Read more…
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‘Tsunami’ of obesity worldwide: study
Near-doubling of the numbers of dangerously overweight adults since 1980 Read more…
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News release: The Art of Nanotech
Extraordinary images from the MacDiarmid Institute collection on show in Wellington Read more…
