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"Fascination of Plants Day" Celebrated on May 18th

16 May 2012 6:52pm | Browne Associates

New Zealanders are being urged to get up close and personal with plants this week as the first ever ‘Fascination of Plants Day’ is celebrated around the world. More >>

Funding Available For Research and Development

16 May 2012 4:23pm | Dunedin City Council

The Ministry of Science and Innovation still has money to invest in research and development projects. The funding is offered through its TechNZ programme and can be accessed by contacting the DCC’s Economic Development Unit on 477 4000. More >>

Discovery could lead to greener ways of making drugs

16 May 2012 4:02pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Discoveries made during PhD studies by Victoria University graduate Emma Dangerfield could revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry, by allowing drugs to be made in a more environmentally friendly way. More >>

Buttercup pest developing resistance to herbicides

16 May 2012 12:34pm | AgResearch

Giant buttercup, a damaging European dairy pasture weed that is avoided by cattle due to its acrid taste, is costing New Zealand hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue as dairy farmers battle to control it. More >>

Antarctic research links forged with Korea

16 May 2012 12:16pm | University of Canterbury

New Zealand and Korea are poised to start a new collaborative research effort in the Antarctic following plans for a $90 million state-of-the-art station being built on the frozen continent at Terra Nova Bay. More >>

New techniques used to investigate Port Hills rock falls

16 May 2012 11:43am | Rutherford Foundation

Researchers are using cutting-edge techniques never used before in New Zealand to establish the history of ancient earthquakes around the Port Hills. More >>

Stomach contents unlock secret to tuna lifestyle

16 May 2012 11:05am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community

The smell in Dr Valerie Allain’s laboratory can get quite strong at times, especially when she and her two assistants are defrosting another batch of tuna stomachs. More >>

Generating sustainable wealth from NZ's vast ocean resources

15 May 2012 6:33pm | The Royal Society of New Zealand

Generating sustainable wealth from New Zealand’s vast ocean resources requires us to proceed carefully, according to a new paper produced by the Royal Society of New Zealand. More >>

Harley woos kiwi women even as NZ sales of big bikes fall

15 May 2012 2:04pm | BusinessDesk

May 8 (BusinessDesk) - Harley-Davidson, the US motorcycle company founded in 1903, has doubled sales to kiwi women in the past three years even as the nation’s overall market for big bikes has shrunk. More >>

More wind and rain to come then much colder

11 May 2012 6:00pm | MetService

A major trough of low pressure is expected to dominate New Zealand's weather for a few days from Sunday. More >>

The University of Auckland Joins Partnership

11 May 2012 10:27am | The Macdiarmid Institute

The MacDiarmid Institute's network is growing, with an official partnership with the University of Auckland announced this week. The new arrangement builds on a long-standing relationship between the two institutions, and will facilitate more in-depth collaboration ... More >>

Ultra tops trials by NZ Plant Breeders Association

11 May 2012 10:09am | Network Communication

Ultra Enhanced® perennial ryegrass has topped the total yield of the latest National Forage Variety Trial (NFVT®) Summary which was published this week. More >>

Fruit fly find under investigation

10 May 2012 5:25pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is investigating a find of a single male Queensland fruit fly in a surveillance trap in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill. More >>

AgResearch team finds missing link

10 May 2012 2:30pm | AgResearch

AgResearch scientists have made a breakthrough proving a long-held hypothesis that white clover originated as a hybrid of other clover ancestors, followed by a chance doubling of the chromosome number to restore fertility. More >>

Science rapper returns to science festival

10 May 2012 2:13pm | The New Zealand International Science Festival

Media release – Saturday 5 May 2012 Science rapper returns to science festival New Zealand International Science Festival, Dunedin, 30 June to 8 July 2012 Award-winning Stanford (USA) science rapper and biologist, Tom McFadden aka The Rhymebosome makes ... More >>

British Science Presenter Prof Alice Roberts to Attend

10 May 2012 2:11pm | The New Zealand International Science Festival

Alice Roberts, popular BBC presenter and professor of public engagement in science at the University of Birmingham, will attend this year’s eighth New Zealand International Science Festival. The festival will be held in Dunedin from 30 June to 8 July 2012. More >>

First Published Research On Origins of Psa Kiwifruit Disease

10 May 2012 12:28pm | Science Media Centre

10 May 2012 A genetic analysis of several strains of the Psa virus, conducted by American and Italian scientists, suggests a Chinese origin for the bacterium that has caused millions of dollars of damage to the New Zealand kiwifruit industry. However, ... More >>

BBC Presenter To Attend NZ International Science Festival

10 May 2012 9:54am | Strategy First

Media release – Tuesday 8 May 2012 Popular British science presenter Prof Alice Roberts to attend science festival More >>

NASA interest in UC industrial coating research

09 May 2012 12:52pm | University of Canterbury

Breakthrough research at the University of Canterbury has created an industrial process that applies a protective ceramic coating to metal machine parts, which could be used by NASA. More >>

Dolphin Recovered in Taranaki may be a Hector’s Dolphin

09 May 2012 12:12pm | Department of Conservation

Preliminary DNA Tests indicate that the Dolphin Recovered in Taranaki may be a Hector’s Dolphin More >>

Student’s research looking at Spider habits

09 May 2012 10:54am | North Tec

For his research project on the new Bachelor of Applied Science degree at NorthTec, student, Brett Thompson, is examining whether two types of the Pahoroides spider have differing habitat preferences. More >>

Leadership Needed On New Zealand's Rivers

08 May 2012 10:57am | Kyle Church

The last time we really saw coverage of our water quality in the media was in May last year when John Key appeared on Hardtalk and was questioned about it by Stephen Sackur. Sackur queried whether New Zealand’s claims of “100% Pure” were greatly ... More >>

Epic Story of Nutrition Revealed in New Book

07 May 2012 4:57pm | Massey University

Why we eat what we eat is a complicated subject. It’s something Massey nutritional ecologist Professor David Raubenheimer has spent years researching, analysing the feeding habits of everything from snapper and snow leopards to gorillas and humans. More >>

Tolaga Bay prepares to host international celebrations

07 May 2012 11:12am | The Royal Society of New Zealand

One month to go: Tolaga Bay prepares to host international celebrations for the Transit of Venus in June 2012 More >>

Growing interest in the biological farming systems research

07 May 2012 10:54am | NZ Biological Farming Systems Research Centre

Representatives from academic institutions, crown research institute, three regional councils, biological fertiliser companies, Maori land trusts, FoMA, Federated Farmers and Rural Women New Zealand attended the information day held last week in Rotorua. More >>

Tolaga Bay hosts Transit of Venus international celebrations

07 May 2012 10:44am | The Royal Society of New Zealand

Te Aitanga a Hauiti iwi and the East Coast community of Tolaga Bay are preparing to host manuhiri from around New Zealand and overseas to observe the Transit of Venus. It will be another 105 years before the astronomical phenomenon will be seen again. More >>

Paul Callaghan’s Work Continues at Transit of Venus Forum

07 May 2012 10:28am | The Royal Society of New Zealand

This June, hundreds of scientists, iwi representatives and dignitaries will gather to celebrate the Transit of Venus, and advance Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision of making New Zealand a place where talent wants to live. More >>

Vital areas of New Zealand’s seafloor to be revealed

05 May 2012 1:28pm | NIWA

Vital areas of New Zealand’s seafloor to be revealed in detail for the first time More >>

Forget manuka, kanuka is the new superhoney

04 May 2012 4:35pm | Shaun Holt

New Zealand kanuka honey has double the levels of bug-killing manuka factor according to work recently published by Crown Research Institute Industrial Research Limited. More >>

Massey PhD student inspired by Nobel scientists

04 May 2012 10:39am | Massey University

Meeting Nobel prize-winning scientists at a forum in Japan has given Massey University PhD researcher Paulina Hanson-Manful added zest for her own work which she hopes will save lives. More >>

First-of-its-kind climate change toolbox

04 May 2012 10:11am | NIWA

A New Zealand first! A multi-disciplinary team of scientists, planners and engineers has created a first-of-its-kind, innovative, custom-made "toolbox" for New Zealand city, district and regional councils to assess the impacts of climate change on urban ... More >>

Chatham Rock Phosphate signs up for Edison research

03 May 2012 11:15am | Chatham Rock Phosphate

Chatham Rock Phosphate has commissioned Edison Investment Research to produce independent research over the next year. Chief executive Chris Castle said investors and sharebrokers often ignore Chatham Rock Phosphate as an investment opportunity because analysts ... More >>

GE-Weeds Costing Farmers Dearly

02 May 2012 6:51pm | GE Free NZ

The emergence of herbicide-resistant weeds as a result of planting genetically engineered crops is costing farmers dearly and shows the benefits of New Zealand's GE-free status. More >>

Highly successful seismic survey summer for OMV New Zealand

02 May 2012 6:38pm | OMV New Zealand

OMV New Zealand and its joint venture partners (Shell GSB Ltd, PTTEP New Zealand Ltd and Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Ltd) carried out a comprehensive 3D seismic acquisition programme in Great South Basin exploration permits between November 2011 and March ... More >>

Chatham Rock Phosphate tackles analysis of wealth of data

02 May 2012 6:25pm | Chatham Rock Phosphate

2 May 2012 Scientists and engineers working for Chatham Rock Phosphate have started the huge job of studying the wealth of data gathered during 48 days of surveying on the Chatham Rise this summer. More >>

Scientist Says Salmon Farms Pose “Little Environmental Risk”

01 May 2012 2:05pm | New Zealand King Salmon

A leading Canadian-born aquaculture scientist is supporting assertions by Marlborough-based NZ King Salmon that its planned expansion is environmentally responsible. More >>

Is that the sea creeping up behind me?

01 May 2012 9:30am | NIWA

The sea is creeping up on us, with storm surge flooding starting to occur more frequently on king tides. It is of growing concern. This is the first sign we will notice, rather than the slow but sure rise in sea-level. Sixty-five percent of Kiwis live within ... More >>

New Study to Help Reduce Asthma Burden in New Zealand

30 April 2012 12:52pm | Buteyko Breath Correction

One in six New Zealand adults and one in four of our children experience asthma symptoms. This adds up to more than 600,000 New Zealanders. More >>

Encouraging news for heart patients

30 April 2012 10:23am | University of Otago

Inheriting gene variants that increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease does not necessarily mean an individual is going to have reduced life expectancy if he or she suffers a heart attack. More >>

SMC Heads-Up: adolescent health stats, Wozniak, superbugs

27 April 2012 5:26pm | Science Media Centre

The Lancet has published a four part Series on Adolescent Health to coincide with the 45th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population Development in New York, which has an adolescent health theme. More >>

New Trove Of Information Opens Up For Oil Exploration Indust

27 April 2012 12:29pm | GNS Science

A wide range of new geoscience information has become instantly available to the petroleum exploration industry with the culmination of a two-year project by a team of researchers at GNS Science. More >>

A change in the air

26 April 2012 1:20pm | MetService

A significant change, from settled to unsettled weather conditions, is expected over New Zealand on Friday. More >>

Innovation – Art or Science?

26 April 2012 9:38am | Baldwins Intellectual Property

To mark World Intellectual Property Day, Sue Irwin Ironside - chair of Baldwins Intellectual Property- discusses innovation in New Zealand, and celebrates some of our best inventors Auckland 26 April 2012 - New Zealand has a proud history of innovation ... More >>

Egg Shells Hatch into Sophisticated New Uses

24 April 2012 4:11pm | Egg Producers Federation

A university research project in the UK is looking at useful ways to recycle egg shells, with the potential of saving millions of dollars a year from an item that is usually disposed of in landfills. More >>

Wellington based game developer promises “nerdgasm”

24 April 2012 2:11pm | Gamefroot

Local entrepreneur and game developer Dan Milward officially launches Gamefroot at www.gamefroot.com, the world's first cloud based game creator on Tuesday, 24 April, 2012 in Wellington, New Zealand. More >>

Major New Geological Map Series is Completed

24 April 2012 10:18am | GNS Science

An 18-year-long project to produce a new series of geological maps of New Zealand has just finished. More >>

Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Sequel

24 April 2012 10:08am | British High Commission

New Zealanders at last week’s Blue Energy Conference will be offered a $5,000 grant to travel to Britain and study wave and tidal technologies. More >>

Mostly dry for ANZAC Day but rain at the end of the week

23 April 2012 1:14pm | MetService

The large anticyclone that has recently dominated the weather across New Zealand is expected to move away from the country during this week. However, it will linger long enough to bring a mostly dry Anzac Day. More >>

Doctoral student looks at Tauranga sea lettuce blooms

23 April 2012 12:47pm | University of Waikato

It can be the scourge of harbour users in Tauranga, but sea lettuce is about to go under the microscope. PhD student Alex Port, from Germany, is spending three years in New Zealand researching why sea lettuce is so abundant in the harbour at certain ... More >>

SMC Heads-Up: food labelling, fracking, neutrino no-show

20 April 2012 5:11pm | Science Media Centre

SMC Heads-Up: food labelling, fracking and earthquakes, neutrino no show Issue 178 - April 20 - 26 Quick Links SMC Alerts Briefings Calendar Media Registration More About Us Contact Us More >>

New psychiatry research released

20 April 2012 11:42am | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

The latest edition of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry has been released and contains a number of interesting and relevant research articles including: More >>

1080 study challenges claims on native wildlife impact

19 April 2012 9:48am | University of Otago

Media release 19 April 2012 New 1080 study challenges claims about impacts on native wildlife More >>

Farmer information day to promote biological farming

18 April 2012 4:15pm | NZ Biological Farming Systems Research Centre

New Zealand Biological Farming Systems Research Centre is organising an information day to promote biological farming to the farmers in the Bay of Plenty region. More >>

New Research extends the Benefit of BLIS K12

18 April 2012 9:26am | BLIS Technologies

A recent study by Canadian and Japanese researchers shows new benefits for the BLIS K12 probiotic. BLIS Technologies Ltd (NZX: BLT) has reported that this new research, published in the international journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, further ... More >>

Study reveals how anaesthesia causes jet-lag

17 April 2012 9:49am | University of Auckland

Researchers from The University of Auckland have discovered why people feel as though they have jet-lag after surgery, and the findings may have implications for post-operative recovery. More >>

Instant Exposure Information For Radiation Workers

16 April 2012 2:34pm | Radiation Protection Services Limited - RadPro

We tend to think of New Zealand as nuclear-free but the reality is quite different. Radioactive material produced in nuclear reactors in other parts of the world is imported into the country on a near daily basis and thousands of x-ray generations ... More >>

Nelson Pine Industries Limited on Finalists’ Shortlist

16 April 2012 1:44pm | Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

Nelson Pine Industries Limited is on the finalists’ shortlist for this year’s EECA Awards The awards are run annually by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, which works to implement government strategies for energy efficiency, ... More >>