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Our Seasons Are Getting 'Increasingly Muddled'. What Does This Mean For How We Define Them?

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:57:34 +1200 | RNZ

Our weather is getting 'increasingly muddled'. What does that mean, and when does winter even start now? More >>

Pilot Project Delivers Promising Results For Sustainable Urban Design

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:32:41 +1200 | Auckland Council

The Living Roof Monitoring project was launched to assess how well these verdant rooftops perform compared to conventional ones. After months of careful monitoring, the results highlight their effectiveness as a sustainable urban solution.More >>

AUT And Abbott Team Up To Tackle Concussions & Women’s Health

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:10:02 +1200 | AUT

Under the collaboration, Abbott has installed the ARCHITECT® ci4100 analyser, one of its Core Laboratory platforms, in AUT’s SPRINZ biochemistry lab at AUT Millennium, a hub for many of New Zealand’s high-performance sports organisations and Olympic ...More >>

Samsung Solve For Tomorrow Returns For 2025 In Search Of Student Innovators Across Aotearoa

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:08:24 +1200 | Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

Solve for Tomorrow 2025 offers a prize pool of $24,000 in cash and Samsung technology for winning students, their teachers, and schools. More >>

World-First Immunotherapy Trial To Treat Type 1 Diabetes

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:49:19 +1200 | University of Queensland

Lead investigator Dr Aakansha Zala said the drug candidate aims to preserve as much pancreatic function for as long as possible in people recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, to reduce the amount of insulin they need to administer.More >>

Medicare LCD Effective; Pacific Edge Seeks Recoverage

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:06:49 +1200 | Pacific Edge

Pacific Edge filed for a preliminary injunction and undertook political advocacy efforts directed at the incoming political appointees within CMS2, HHS3 and OGC4 that included substantial support from the American Urological Association (AUA).More >>

Warning Of Impact Of AI This Workers' Memorial Day

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:33:09 +1200 | Australian Institute of Health and Safety

This year’s Workers’ Memorial Day theme is focused on the impacts of digitalisation and artificial intelligence on workers’ health and safety. AI monitoring programs are in the spotlight, as an increasing number of workplaces turn to artificial intelligence ...More >>

AI Game-Changer For Timber Manufacturing

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:36:31 +1200 | WorkSafe NZ

WorkSafe’s investigation found the machine was unguarded and there was an ineffective system for maintenance. Training and supervision of workers also fell short. More >>

NZ Gene Technology Bill Breaches International Convention Directives On Public Right To Know On GMO

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:18:41 +1200 | GE Free NZ

The process of writing The Gene Technology Bill and the regulatory system it sets up, contravenes the Aarhus directives in a number of ways. More >>

Why Some Of Our Biggest Exporters Are Worried About The Gene Technology Bill

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 18:13:16 +1200 | RNZ

Is New Zealand really risking billions by changing its genetic modification laws? More >>

Minecraft Version Of Historic New Zealand Farm Being Used As Educational Tool

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:41:32 +1200 | RNZ

Sow the Seed subject advisor Suzy Newman said it complemented new study units they created for year 7-10 students' science and agricultural curriculum. More >>

Several US-based Environmental Science Databases To Be Taken Down – Expert Reaction

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:04:54 +1200 | Science Media Centre

This comes amid wider concerns about publicly available scientific data in the US being taken down and measures to cut research funding, including at NOAA, by the current government.More >>

Datadog Targets Data Observability With Metaplane Acquisition

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:20:49 +1200 | Datadog

Data observability tools monitor a company's data stack for changes and failures by continuously observing the properties of the underlying data. Existing tools, however, have a limited view—they only see data after it lands in a data lake or ...More >>

Only 18% Of Critical Vulnerabilities Truly Worth Prioritising According To Datadog Report

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:13:48 +1200 | Datadog

The report also found that exploitable vulnerabilities are especially prevalent in Java applications. To better understand the severity of a vulnerability, Datadog developed a prioritisation algorithm that factored in runtime context to its Common ...More >>

Yubico Is Committed To Driving Positive Change Through Its Secure It Forward Program

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:05:11 +1200 | Yubico

Since launching in 2021, Yubico has donated more than 65,000 keys to nonprofits and advocacy groups in over 20 countries, including The Anti-Defamation League, Freedom of the Press, The Legal Aid Society, and Civil Rights Defenders.More >>

Magnite Unveils Next Generation Of SpringServe, Combining Its Streaming Ad Server And SSP

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:01:47 +1200 | Magnite

Developed for the needs of the world’s most advanced streaming clients, the unified platform streamlines buyers’ connection to 99% of US streaming supply, a dollar-weighted figure verified by Jounce Media in their March 2025 Supply Path Benchmarking Report.More >>

Record Growth In Research And Development To Drive A Stronger Economy

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:52:36 +1200 | New Zealand Government

Dr Reti says the strong rise in R&D expenditure demonstrates growing momentum and reflects the Government’s commitment to backing science, innovation and technology as core drivers of economic growth and supports its global trade and investment agenda.More >>

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