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Science Media Centre NZ
Our aim is to promote accurate, evidence-based reporting on science and technology by helping the media work more closely with the scientific community.
The Science Media Centre is New Zealand's only trusted, independent source of information for the media on all issues related to science. Thousands of news stories providing context from and quoting New Zealand researchers have been published as a direct result of our work.
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Medical tourism increasing spread of superbug gene
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 11:29 am | Science Media Centre
A gene that confers resistance to nearly all existing antibiotics has been found in bacteria in India, Pakistan and the UK, and appears to be spreading internationally as patients travel abroad to seek elective surgery. More >>
Much of Deepwater Horizon spilled oil gone
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 11:01 am | Science Media Centre
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill appears to be largely over, with news that three quarters of the oil released during the approximately four months of the spill, has gone . More >>
Milk From Cloned Cow's Offspring – Experts Respond
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 5:33 pm | Science Media Centre
The UK's Food Standards Agency is investigating claims that milk from the offspring of a cloned cow is on sale in British supermarkets. EU rules ensure no products from clones' offspring can be sold legally without a safety assessment More >>
Student Films Reel In Praise
Friday, 23 July 2010, 3:57 pm | Science Media Centre
The finalists and winners for the 2010 Reel Science Film Festival have been announced: this year, the winning entry covers the issue of how not using antibiotics properly can lead to increasingly virulent strains of diseases. More >>
1080 Alternatives - What And When?
Friday, 23 July 2010, 3:51 pm | Science Media Centre
While the last 12 months have seen a record period of new pest control product registration, workable alternatives to 1080 could be as far as 6 years away, according to scientists who took part in an SMC briefing earlier this week. More >>
Women Face Long Wait For Abortions
Friday, 23 July 2010, 3:48 pm | Science Media Centre
New Zealand women seeking an abortion can expect to wait an average of 25 days after their first visit to a doctor before the procedure is carried out, according tor esearch published online today. More >>
Obesity linked to cancer-related deaths
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 12:22 pm | Science Media Centre
Research published in The Lancet Oncology today shows a strong causal link between obesity in Asia-Pacific people, and an increased risk of dying from cancer. More >>
Pregnant women offered new iodine supplement
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 4:34 pm | Science Media Centre
Thursday (1 July) sees the launch of a new iodine tablet targeted at pregnant and breastfeeding New Zealand women. The 150 mcg iodine supplement will be subsidised, and recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the New Zealand ... More >>
Cut fat and salt now to save thousands of lives
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 4:59 pm | Science Media Centre
A hard-hitting report from the UK health watchdog group National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) calls on government and the food industry to cut salt and fat from processed foods -- a move it says would save tens of thousands of lives ... More >>
No Link Between CellPh Masts And Childhood Cancer
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 1:29 pm | Science Media Centre
Concerns have been raised in New Zealand and abroad about whether exposure by pregnant women to electromagnetic radiation from cellphone masts may increase their child's risk of developing early childhood cancers such as leukaemia and brain tumours. More >>
Children, pregnant women should avoid energy shots
Wednesday, 2 June 2010, 5:08 pm | Science Media Centre
A scientific literature review undertaken by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority has found that energy shots and energy drinks which contain high levels of caffeine are not suitable for children, young adolescents, pregnant women and people sensitive ... More >>
Experts on synthetic biology breakthrough
Friday, 21 May 2010, 4:16 pm | Science Media Centre
Scientists have for the first time created 'synthetic cells' that can survive and reproduce on their own. A team lead by Dr Craig Venter published their results in the journal Science today. More >>
Experts on synthetic biology breakthrough
Friday, 21 May 2010, 3:18 pm | Science Media Centre
Scientists have for the first time created ’synthetic cells’ that can survive and reproduce on their own. A team lead by Dr Craig Venter published their results in the journal Science today. More >>
Mobile phones and cancer risk – Interphone study
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 3:15 pm | Science Media Centre
Increasing mobile phone use has led to public concern about possible cancer risks. The long-anticipated Interphone study is the largest, most comprehensive study on the risks to date, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology. More >>
SMC (NZ) Heads-Up 7/5/10
Friday, 7 May 2010, 5:30 pm | Science Media Centre
Discover your inner Neanderthal; Experts: Many unknowns on mining; NIWA defends its climate scientists; XT failure: Network wasn't ready More >>
Experts on Mexican Gulf oil slick + NZ oil spill
Monday, 3 May 2010, 10:33 pm | Science Media Centre
The massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico nearly tripled in size over the weekend as bad weather hampered efforts to respond to the spill and people reported seeing dead sea turtles, crabs and birds washing up on beaches. More >>
Flu jab for kids halted in Australia
Friday, 23 April 2010, 3:53 pm | Science Media Centre
Australia's Chief Medical Officer today told doctors in Australia to stop giving the seasonal flu vaccine to children under the age of five. More >>
NZ scientists weigh in on Copenhagen Accord
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 9:28 am | Science Media Centre
An opinion piece from climate scientists due out in today's journal Nature says that unless major loopholes in the Copenhagen Accord are patched and a more binding agreement urgently made, the likelihood is high that warming will exceed 2 degrees ... More >>
One year on - Scientists reflect on swine flu
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 4:49 pm | Science Media Centre
A year ago this Saturday, Rangitoto College students returning from a school trip to Mexico were quarantined in home isolation , with suspected cases of H1N1 swine influenza. More >>
Experts On Multi-Vitamins And Breast Cancer
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 2:24 pm | Science Media Centre
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition this month has raised concerns that the use of multi-vitamin supplements may increase the risk of breast cancer. More >>
