Science in the News
Daily news service covering local and international (for members)
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Obama 2012 budget provides $US8b for clean energy
Paying for it by slashing subsidies on fossil fuels Read more…
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Middle-aged most likely to seek love on the Web
36% found current partner online; far greater than younger age groups Read more…
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Mock Mars mission simulates landing on Red Planet
Crew entered a network of modules at a Moscow research center last June to imitate the 520-day flight and see how they cope with the constricted, isolating conditions of space travel - minus the weightlessness Read more…
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Artificial retina helps some blind people
Implant works with a tiny video camera and transmitter in a pair of glasses and a small wireless computer Read more…
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Growers paid $3.6m to pull 29ha of infected vines
The vine canker spreading in the nation's kiwifruit orchards has so far been found on 147 properties Read more…
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Aust growers want $A40m research into fireblight
Blaming NZ apples as possible disease source Read more…
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Pediatrics report details risks from energy drinks
Caused mostly by too much caffeine or similar ingredients Read more…
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NZ space link seen as a showcase for satellite imaging
Top scientists from the European Space Agency in New Zealand will monitor tracking of the Johannes Kepler unmanned spacecraft from Awarua Station near Invercargill when it launches on Thursday Read more…
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Cancer groups welcome upgrade of registry
Our small population means the registry is likely to have one of the most complete data sets of all cancer registries in the world Read more…
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News release: Top award for engineering school head
Don Cleland has been awarded the J and E Hall gold medal by the British Institute of Refrigeration Read more…
