An international team of researchers has developed the first solid-state quantum memory device, a development which brings closer highly-secure quantum […]
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TVNZ/One News: Scientists record music of the sun
British scientists say that the sun’s coronal loops vibrate like the strings of a guitar, and claim that they have […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Study looks at why mum’s kiss is good for baby
Eileen Goodwin writes in the New Zealand Herald about a New Zealand-based study which hopes to find out whether a […]
Continue readingTaranaki Daily News: Scientist has whale of a time
Jared Smith writes in the Taranaki Daily News about Dr Simon Pierce, a kiwi marine scientist who has returned from […]
Continue readingDom Post: Two years on from national water quality plan, nothing has been done
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about the state of New Zealand’s waterways, which are still being polluted despite […]
Continue readingODT/NZPA: Scientists hopeful space capsule will reveal secrets
The Japanese space capsule, hopefully containing the first asteroid samples to be brought back to earth, has successfully landed in […]
Continue readingTVNZ/NZPA: AgResearch to go offshore for GE clover
Some of the research into the development of genetically engineered (GE) clover which could reduce pastoral greenhouse gas emissions will […]
Continue reading3 News: NZ methane emissions extremely high
Melissa Davies writes for 3 News about New Zealand’s methane emissions, which are fives times the global average per head […]
Continue readingDom Post: Bright idea for medical breakthroughs
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about the multiple uses New Zealand’s glow-worms could be put to: from helping […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Pilot project to burn NZ coal underground
Grant Bradley writes about a pilot project taking place, in Waikato, to test underground coal gasification (UCG), which makes use […]
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