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Experts on explosion, conditions in the mine, rescue efforts
Monday, 22 November 2010, 3:15 pm | Science Media Centre
Drilling continues at the Pike River mine as engineers create a 162-metre deep bore hole through to the mine shaft which they will use to take more air quality measurements and to lower a camera to try and see inside the mine. More >>
Experts on agriculture's inclusion in the ETS
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 12:28 pm | Science Media Centre
The Government's plan to include agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2015 may not go ahead if New Zealand's trading partners fail to introduce a carbon tax or ETS More >>
US-NZ Declaration: hints of science
Friday, 5 November 2010, 3:04 pm | Science Media Centre
US-NZ Declaration: hints of science Rebuilding military ties was the centerpiece of the Wellington Declaration that resulted from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Wellington this week. More >>
Stopping spread of brain damage in stroke victims
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 11:58 am | Science Media Centre
Current therapies for stroke victims depend on rapid access to medical care. Within hours of a stroke, irreversible brain damage begins spreading to neighbouring regions of the brain. More >>
Movement for better understanding of statistics
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 2:29 pm | Science Media Centre
Today marks the first ever World Statistics Day, a UN initiative aimed at 'celebrating the many contributions and achievements of official statistics' to society. More >>
Climate data rescued from missionary diaries, logs
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 12:34 pm | Science Media Centre
Weather data salvaged from Northland missionary diaries and Australian First Fleet ship logs are the focus of an international workshop on recovering climate information from historical sources. More >>
Expert contacts for earthquake coverage
Saturday, 4 September 2010, 11:18 am | Science Media Centre
Scientists have described this morning's 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Canterbury as the most significant since the 1931 magnitude 7.8 Hawke's Bay earthquake. More >>
Climate scientist on recommended IPCC overhaul
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 1:35 pm | Science Media Centre
Overnight in New York, an independent report was released which recommended a major overhaul of procedures and management of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. More >>
Prenatal pesticides exposure linked to disorders
Friday, 20 August 2010, 1:12 pm | Science Media Centre
US research suggests children who were exposed to organophosphate pesticides while still in their mother's womb were more likely to develop attention disorders years later. More >>
Journals not court is place for scientific debate
Monday, 16 August 2010, 10:45 am | Science Media Centre
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) faces a legal challenge by climate sceptics group the Climate Science Coalition which is taking the Crown Research Institute to court over the accuracy of its climate data. More >>
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 >>
