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Seequent completes acquisition of Geosoft

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:52:01 +1300 | Seequent

Seequent , a world leader in visual data science software, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Geosoft , a Canadian geoscience software company. The acquisition accelerates Seequent’s growth in mining, civil engineering, energy, ...More >>

Gill Jolly joins Forum of Chief Science Advisors

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:15:10 +1300 | GNS Science

GNS Science is delighted that Dr Gill Jolly has been invited to join the Forum of Chief Science Advisors working with the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Juliet Gerrard.More >>

Gigantic Step for Kiwi Robotics Startup

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:21:58 +1300 | Boxfish Research

• Boxfish Research is Headed on a research expedition to Antarctica. • The Boxfish ROV will capture footage at depths and angles unreachable by man. • The Boxfish 360 spherical camera will capture immersive video of the Antarctic ocean. More >>

Opportunity for new bio-plastics industry

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:16:43 +1300 | ForestX

Many can serve as drop-in replacements for the fossil-fuel based plastics that most of us are familiar with, such as polystyrene and polyethylene. More >>

NIWA scientist throws light on the Red Zone

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:02:37 +1300 | NIWA

Christchurch’s Red Zone is to be the focal point of a scientific experiment involving street lights and insects over summer. NIWA freshwater ecologist Dr Michelle Greenwood is trying to find out how a change in the colour spectrum of street lights is affecting ...More >>

Researchers to lead Resilience to Nature’s Challenges

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:54:50 +1300 | National Science Challenges

Congratulations to the researchers selected to lead science programmes in the second phase of Resilience to Nature’s Challenges research. More >>

More kiwi chicks dead at Hawke's Bay sanctuary

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:53:53 +1300 | RNZ

The Conservation Minister has ordered a report into the deaths of another 21 kiwi chicks at the country's largest privately owned wildlife park - Cape Sanctuary in Hawke's Bay.More >>

Scientific muscle meets freshwater mussels

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:17:59 +1300 | NIWA

NIWA scientists have made an important breakthrough in the battle to save New Zealand’s freshwater mussels. More >>

PM's Post-Cab 17/12/18: Chief Justice, M Bovis

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 10:41:45 +1300 | The Scoop Team

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's final post-cabinet press conference of the year focussed on announcing the appointment of Helen Winkelmann as the next Chief Justice, and an update on effort to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis from New Zealand. The Prime Minister ...More >>

Researcher's ‘smart silicone’ reacts to heat & light

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 10:28:05 +1300 | KiwiNet

Wellington nanotechnology researcher Andreas Zeller has created new techniques to make high value smart elastic silicone by incorporating nanocrystals and quantum dots. The smart elastomers have a wide range of commercial applications from smart ...More >>

SMC Bulletin - Overseer: fit for regulation?

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:12:48 +1300 | Science Media Centre

Overseer: fit for regulation? The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment recommends the farm management software Overseer is reviewed and upgraded before it can be used to regulate nitrogen pollution from farms.More >>

NIWA’s Sea Surface Temperature Update

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:05:18 +1300 | NIWA

NIWA’s Sea Surface Temperature Update A fortnightly report, updated over summer, covering sea surface temperatures and anomalies (differences from average) around New Zealand. Following the Tasman Sea marine heatwave event of 2017-18, this report ...More >>

Richard Branson Welcomes Astronauts Home

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:42:44 +1300 | Virgin Galactic

Mojave, California, USA (13 Dec 2018): Today, Virgin Galactic conducted its fourth powered test flight and first space flight of its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity. Please find reporting materials below for news coverage and multimedia reporting.More >>

Superbugs found in overseas pork products

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:34:37 +1300 | World Animal Protection

13 December 2018, LONDON — Bacteria resistant to antibiotics most critically important to humans has been found in pork from supermarket shelves in Spain, Brazil and Thailand. The routine overuse of antibiotics is propping up low-welfare practices in pig farming ...More >>

University creates first lava flow in Christchurch

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:11:48 +1300 | University of Canterbury

While Christchurch has had its share of natural disaster hazards it has been relatively lava free, until now. At the University of Canterbury’s School of Fine Arts, real lava has been pouring out of a new research facility – the Lava Laboratory – ...More >>