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PODCAST: Biotech – why do NZ investors bother with it?
A podcast recorded at the NZBio 2011 conference in Auckland (March 21 – 23, 2011) looking at the investment opportunities […]
Continue readingJon Morgan: GE – 10,000 years in the making
The Dominion Post’s Jon Morgan interviews visiting genetic modification expert Professor Pamela Ronald. An excerpt: (read in full here) “Professor […]
Continue readingWaikato Times: Ancient history and the age when dinosaurs roamed
David Riddell writes in the Waikato Times about a recent talk by Professor Cam Nelson about New Zealand’s geological history […]
Continue readingODT/NZPA: Glacier melt in NZ may have ended southern ice age
New research has demonstrated how shifted wind patterns caused in the Northern Hemisphere during the last ice age brought warm […]
Continue readingStuff: No 8 wire – NZ’s best ideas
Luke Appleby writes for Stuff about some of the inventions pioneered by New Zealanders over the years. Kiwi inventions include […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: NZ takes prize for ‘shameless two fingers’ to world
The New Zealand Herald reports on a recent column by Guardian columnist Fred Pearce, in which he he says that […]
Continue readingThe Press: Lack of support puts ETS changes at risk
David Williams of The Press reports on the disagreement over the changes to the proposed ETS between parties. Currently, the […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Nasa – Methane effect worse than thought
Eloise Gibson of the NZ Herald reports on a recent study from NASA which suggests that New Zealand’s contribution to […]
Continue readingBacteria hedge their bets
Research by an international team of scientists including Professor Paul Rainey from the New Zealand Institute of Advanced Study has […]
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