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American research has shown that genetically modified canola plants grow outside of defined cultivation areas and that the plant’s modified […]
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Israeli physicist Daniel Shechtman was last night awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry for his discovery of “quasicrystals” in metals […]
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In a world first, scientists in the US have used a cloning technique to derive embryonic stem cells from human […]
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The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a group of astronomers whose research revealed that the universe is […]
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The Nobel Prize, the highest honour in science, was today awarded to three distinguished researchers in the field of Physiology […]
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A new study has used millions of tweets from around the world to analyse how the moods of people change […]
Continue readingWater increasingly important in environmental perceptions
Climate change may be the world’s biggest environmental challenge, but New Zealanders are pre-occupied with issues of water quality at […]
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A review of research has clarified the heart and stroke risks associated with taking anti-inflammatory drugs. Australian and Canadian researchers […]
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