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Summit-Quinphos fights facial eczema with taste
20 November 2009 12:30pm | Summit-Quinphos
Summit-Quinphos has a tasty solution to fight the onset of facial eczema in cows this summer – a new Zincmax+ product that comes with a dash of peppermint. More >>
Security-Assessment Uncovers DSL Vulnerabilities
20 November 2009 9:39am | Security Assessment
Security-Assessment.com uncovers major vulnerability in DSL Technology Security-Assessment.com, the world-leading IT security research and development company, has discovered a vulnerability that has the potential to impact millions of DSL internet users worldwide. ... More >>
Prize for Creative Science Writing announced
19 November 2009 12:53pm | The Royal Society of New Zealand
The two winning entries in the Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize for Creative Writing were announced on Wednesday night with Tina Makereti from the Kapiti Coast being awarded the non-fiction prize and Katie Henderson from Auckland winning the ... More >>
Science medal winners receive cash bonus
19 November 2009 12:42pm | Royal Society Of New Zealand
Two of the medal winners at this year’s Science Honours Dinner awards ceremony on Wednesday night received cash awards in addition to their medals. Professor Kenneth McNatty, who won the Pickering Medal, and Dr Richard Garland, who won the Thomson ... More >>
Royal Recognition for IRL Engineer
19 November 2009 12:09pm | Industrial Research
IRL Research Engineer Paul Harris was last night awarded the RJ Scott medal for his significant contributions to the development and application of electronic devices in New Zealand. Bestowed by the Royal Society of New Zealand, the medal is awarded ... More >>
Scientists honoured with medals and awards
19 November 2009 11:20am | The Royal Society of New Zealand
Top New Zealand scientists have been recognised for their work with the presentation of prestigious awards at the annual Royal Society of New Zealand’s Science Honours Dinner held in Auckland on Wednesday night. More >>
Biomedical engineer wins top scientist award
19 November 2009 9:17am | The Royal Society of New Zealand
New Zealand’s top science honour, the 2009 Rutherford Medal, has been awarded to internationally renowned biomedical engineer Professor Peter Hunter FRS, FRSNZ, of The University of Auckland. More >>
Victoria success in Science Honours
19 November 2009 9:10am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University scooped three of the most prestigious awards at the Royal Society’s Science Honours dinner last night. More >>
Human emissions rise 2% despite GFC
18 November 2009 5:21pm | CSIRO
Despite the economic effects of the global financial crisis (GFC), carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2 per cent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 tonnes of carbon per capita per year, according to a paper published today in Nature ... More >>
2008 Carbon Budget Highlights
18 November 2009 5:18pm | Global Carbon Project
See also: http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/08/hl-full.htm http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/index.htm Policy Brief: 6-page A4 pamphlet on the Budget08 (PDF) More >>
Willow adds new fuel to bioethanol debate
18 November 2009 1:24pm | University of Auckland
The humble willow tree is being investigated as a source of biofuel by researchers at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering. More >>
World first in bio-crude oil
18 November 2009 10:05am | NIWA
World’s largest wastewater algae to bio-crude oil demonstration puts CO2 to good use. This week will see the Minister of Energy Hon Gerry Brownlee open the largest wastewater algae to bio-crude oil demonstration project in the world. The bio-crude ... More >>
Rakaia-Ashburton Groundwater Flow Project
17 November 2009 5:13pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has started a piezometric* survey to better understand the three-dimensional water flows in the aquifer system beneath the Rakaia-Ashburton Plains area. Geology student Clare Webster has been employed from November to February ... More >>
New animal health company underway
17 November 2009 10:19am | AgResearch
ParaCo Technologies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of AgResearch Limited, has announced it has signed agreements with a number of research groups giving it exclusive animal health screening rights for a number of potentially active biological molecules. ... More >>
Intel Announces New Technologies
16 November 2009 4:55pm | Intel Corporation
AUCKLAND, 16 November 2009 – More than four out of every five supercomputers on the TOP500 list are powered by Intel® processors. Intel Corporation today announced new technologies that will better equip scientists, researchers and engineers with ... More >>
New Zealand Association of Scientists 2009 Awards
16 November 2009 3:20pm | New Zealand Association of Scientists
The New Zealand Association of Scientists Awards for 2009 were presented by the Minister for Research, Science and Technology, the Hon. Dr Wayne Mapp, on Thursday, November 12, at a ceremony at Turnbull House, Wellington. Minister Mapp addressed the audience ... More >>
Load Space On Offer For Historic NZ Space Launch
16 November 2009 1:47pm | Rocketlab.co.nz
Private aerospace company Rocket Lab is preparing for a historic first launch into space from New Zealand. The Atea-1 launch vehicle is scheduled to fly the week beginning November 30th from Great Mercury Island. The exact launch date and time is weather ... More >>
New Kiwi Research: Hope in Fight Against Cancer
16 November 2009 12:40pm | Movember
New Kiwi research into current prostate cancer treatments could help save lives and ease the suffering of those with this disease. Every year 3000 Kiwi men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and around 600 die. This makes prostate cancer the second largest ... More >>
Seabed drilling probes sea level change
16 November 2009 9:45am | GNS Science
An international team of 33 scientists will spend the next two months drilling beneath the seabed off the Canterbury coast in a bid to pin down the link between climate and sea level changes over the last 35 million years. The drilling ship JOIDES Resolution ... More >>
Northland Farmer Demonstrates Pigs in Paddocks
13 November 2009 4:53pm | Frontpage Press
A Northland farmer is opening his farm gate to the public to prove that pigs can be farmed successfully outdoors. Bert Borger, of Te Rata Family Farm, raises heritage Tamworth pigs. In May, comedian Mike King and a film crew from TVNZ’s Sunday programme ... More >>
The pros and cons of using 1080
13 November 2009 4:34pm | science media center
Sunday will see a series of rallies held nationwide to protest aerial drops of 1080 poison to control pests that prey on native birds. More >>
AusBiotech 2009 confirms biotech sector in recover
12 November 2009 2:06pm | Buchan Consulting
Thursday 12 November 2009 - The AusBiotech 2009 conference has confirmed the Australian biotechnology sector is on the rise again, having survived the economic downturn and emerging stronger than before. More >>
Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
12 November 2009 2:05pm | The Royal Society of New Zealand
Ten top New Zealand scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand at the annual general meeting of the Society’s Academy in Christchurch today. Four researchers working at overseas institutions were also elected as Honorary ... More >>
Women in laureates’ team up to target cancer
12 November 2009 1:39pm | University of Auckland
Two L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science laureates are joining forces to screen compounds that may shut down an enzyme that plays a major role in ageing and cancer. More >>
School students’ research to be celebrated
11 November 2009 2:26pm | The Royal Society of New Zealand
A remote-controlled lawn mower, a great tasting gluten-free ice cream, and the power of peppermint to increase concentration are just three of the research and technology projects developed by students chosen for the Genesis Energy Realise the Dream event ... More >>
New facility aims to unlock potential
11 November 2009 1:01pm | Plant and Food Research
NELSON, November 11 th 2009 - Plant & Food Research’s Nelson based Seafood Research Unit is set to formally open a new Bioprocessing Laboratory on November 12th . The new facility aims to provide a means for developing science discoveries in the laboratory ... More >>
Tindall becomes NZ’s first 'Arch Angel'
10 November 2009 4:21pm | Angel Association
Sir Stephen Tindall has been appointed the first ever New Zealand Arch Angel at the Angel Association of New Zealand’s second Angel Summit in Queenstown on Friday. More >>
Is it a bird? a plane? No, it’s a low flying hippo
10 November 2009 9:29am | NIWA
Pole-to-pole flights provide a global picture of greenhouse gases: this month a team of international scientists will fly from the Arctic to the Antarctic aboard an exceptional jet. NIWA, scientists play a vital and integral part in this work on greenhouse gas ... More >>
Future Scientists Of New Zealand Get Funding Boost
09 November 2009 5:21pm | The Royal Society of New Zealand
Six top students from throughout New Zealand are the new beneficiaries of an environmental research scheme funded by Bayer New Zealand Ltd. The students, selected from among 45 entries, are from Invercargill, Christchurch, Palmerston North, Otago and two ... More >>
Spectacular oceanic bloom identified
09 November 2009 3:30pm | NIWA
Scientists at the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have identified the source of the giant plankton bloom featuring in spectacular NASA satellite images. The NIWA deep water research vessel Tangaroa travelled through the bloom ... More >>
Dinosaur Footprints Discovered In The South Island
08 November 2009 11:07am | GNS Science
They are the first dinosaur footprints to be recognised in New Zealand and the first evidence of dinosaurs in the South Island. They were discovered by geologist Greg Browne of GNS Science. More >>
GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard
06 November 2009 11:46am | Massey University
Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep. More >>
Run The Red: Pick-a-Path interactive story tech
05 November 2009 5:45pm | Run The Red
Run The Red, New Zealand’s leader in mobile marketing and solutions has provided TVNZ On Demand with the SMS functionality to drive the new format interactive web drama Reservoir Hill. This first of its kind in NZ was a story that users of the ... More >>
Evolutionary research featured in Nature
05 November 2009 11:31am | Massey University
Research by Professor Paul Rainey shedding new light on the origins and genetics of adaptive traits is the cover story in the latest edition of the prestigious science journal Nature. More >>
“Pick a Path” interactive story technology
04 November 2009 2:31pm | Run The Red
Run The Red, New Zealand’s leader in mobile marketing and solutions has provided TVNZ On Demand with the SMS functionality to drive the new format interactive web drama Reservoir Hill. This first of its kind in NZ was a story that users of the ... More >>
Cloud computing just got another green light
04 November 2009 2:16pm | Michael Fresnel
Cloud computing just got another green light with the release of a new online operating system that could change the way everyone thinks about computers. Cloud computing is all about accessing your information using any computer anywhere by saving all ... More >>
Evolution essential knowledge for medical students
03 November 2009 2:16pm | Liggins Institute
Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, former Director of The University of Auckland’s Liggins Institute, is one of a number of eminent international medical scientists and educators calling for evolutionary biology to be a core subject in medical schools. The recommendation, ... More >>
NZ Exports and Health at Risk from GE Corn
03 November 2009 1:06pm | GE Free NZ
Calls for New Zealand Food Authorities to withdraw approval of a new form of GE corn demands urgent action, or risks harming New Zealanders and the New Zealand quality brand name. More >>
New species discovered on Chatham Rise expedition
03 November 2009 12:04pm | NIWA
A ‘Rasta’, a ‘Wee Scots’, and a ‘Squat Lobster’: three new and unusual discoveries revealed by a NIWA deep-sea marine biodiversity survey. The finds include a coral genus Narella and nicknamed ‘Rasta’ because of its long white dreadlock-like ... More >>
Is An Electric Car Coming To Your Driveway?
02 November 2009 1:07pm | Sustainable Energy Forum
Can electric vehicles, and electric transport in general, solve the problems of New Zealand's transport system? Are they the answer to worries about a world running out of oil and choking in the by-products of using fossil fuels? Is an electric car ... More >>
Power up without plugging in
02 November 2009 12:55pm | Foundation For Research Science And Technology
World-leading Auckland researchers have been eliminating the need for wires to supply power for 20 years and their technology could soon underpin a new breakthrough – charging electric vehicles. During the past year, the research team at Auckland UniServices ... More >>
Government’s science priorities document welcomed
30 October 2009 5:47pm | Royal Society Of New Zealand
The Royal Society of New Zealand’s President, Dr Garth Carnaby, applauds the Government’s recently released document looking at New Zealand’s research, science and technology priorities. He says the document is “ground breaking”. More >>
Climate Outlook for Nov 09/Jan 10
30 October 2009 1:32pm | NIWA
An El Niño is now at moderate strength across the equatorial Pacific, and is likely to persist through summer. It is not expected to have a strong influence on New Zealand climate in the coming 3 months, according to the latest outlook from NIWA’s National ... More >>
Taskforce on Strengthening CRIs welcomed
29 October 2009 4:15pm | Science New Zealand
Science New Zealand chairman, John Morgan, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Research, Science & Technology of a Crown Research Institute Taskforce to examine the purpose, governance and funding of CRIs. “The Taskforce is part of a wider ... More >>
How publicly funded research can drive growth
29 October 2009 3:52pm | Prime Ministers Science Advisory Committee
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, has released a report on improving the translation of publicly funded research for economic benefit. More >>
Webstock 2010 launches
28 October 2009 8:42pm | Webstock
New Zealand's premier web conference has launched its fourth major event and will continue the tradition it began in 2006 of giving New Zealand audiences a chance to see big-name international speakers. More >>
Soil Carbon Increases Could Boost Farm Profit
28 October 2009 5:23pm | eCOGENT
A number of pastoral farmers are likely to earn much healthier profits this year as the result of substantial improvements to their soil carbon levels. One large sheep farm on the East Coast of the North Island has recorded a large carbon increase ... More >>
Peter Coleman: Big Bang Origin Of The Moon
28 October 2009 4:39pm | Peter Coleman
Coleman speculates that the Philippine Sea Plate was once an enormous hole out of which the Moon exited, and left a strewen field, or trail, of previously unexplained glassy tektites. More >>
Carbon Capture, Storage Projects Rapidly Needed
28 October 2009 1:58pm | Global Carbon Capture Storage Institute
The Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute today released a report which shows that there is growing action being taken to achieve the G8 objective of deploying at least 20 commercial scale CCS projects globally by 2020. Despite this progress ... More >>
Ingenious engineering takes 2009 IRL prize
27 October 2009 4:14pm | IRL
The 2009 IRL prize for the best demonstration in robotics or automation has been awarded to final-year Auckland University Mechanical Engineering students Dzulfadli Ibrahim and Luqman Kamarudin for their project, "Propeller prototyping for an unmanned ... More >>
Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety
26 October 2009 2:15pm | University of Canterbury
Food regulator should seek more information before approving GM soybeans DP-305423-1 The Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety (INBI) has made two submissions to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) on their draft recommendation to approve ... More >>
AusBiotech 2009 hosts largest UK delegation ever
26 October 2009 1:08pm | AusBiotech
AusBiotech 2009 hosts largest UK delegation ever Monday 26 October 2009 - The United Kingdom will send its largest biotechnology delegation ever to AusBiotech 2009, the premier Australasian biotechnology conference this week in Melbourne, Australia confirming ... More >>
Digest: $1 mil Science prizes, Folic Acid, 3 Rs
23 October 2009 3:27pm | Science Media Centre
PM dishes up $1 million in prizes; The future of the science system; Folic acid research shows low risk; Three ‘R’s approach draws fire More >>
Science New Zealand welcomes PM’s Science Prizes
23 October 2009 2:46pm | Science New Zealand
Science New Zealand warmly welcomes the Prime Minister’s Science Prizes. The five prizes, worth $1 million, were announced at Plant & Food Research in Mt Albert, Auckland today (Friday) by Prime Minister John Key. More >>
PM launches $1 million Prizes for Science
23 October 2009 12:28pm | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister John Key has delivered on another promise to the science community by launching the inaugural Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science. Speaking at an event at Plant and Food Research in Auckland, Mr Key announced five categories of ... More >>
Map: impacts if we fail to limit climate change
23 October 2009 11:47am | British High Commission
A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep climate change to under 2 degrees Celsius was launched today by the UK Government. With just 45 days to go before international climate change talks begin in Copenhagen, British ... More >>
Entries Open for '10 AUT Scholarship from Sony
22 October 2009 2:34pm | Sony Entertainment
Auckland, October, 2009: - Sony is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the annual AUT Creative Technologies Scholarship. The winner of the scholarship, which is open to any person planning to study Creative Technologies in 2010, will ... More >>
AusBiotech conference presents speaker on GM crops
22 October 2009 12:05pm | AusBiotech
The benefits of genetically improved crops on global food sustainability are compelling according to Dr Harvey Glick, Senior Director of Scientific Affairs - Asia at Monsanto Company, citing the growing need to increase the world’s food production. Dr Glick ... More >>
Why should “when” and “how” a cows eats affect us?
22 October 2009 10:03am | The Kudos Awards
This s a question worth asking, and was answered at the Kudos Awards held this month at the Narrows Landing in Hamilton. More >>
Science Innovator Recognised
22 October 2009 9:59am | The Kudos Awards
Dr Rod Claycomb, CEO of Quantec, was recognised for his career entrepreneurial accomplishments by winning the award for Science Entrepreneur at this year’s Kudos Award held earlier this month. More >>
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