Press Release – Science Media Centre

10 May 2012 A genetic analysis of several strains of the Psa virus, conducted by American and Italian scientists, suggests a Chinese origin for the bacterium that has caused millions of dollars of damage to the New Zealand kiwifruit industry. However, … Read more »

Press Release – Strategy First

Media release – Tuesday 8 May 2012 Popular British science presenter Prof Alice Roberts to attend science festival Read more »

Press Release – University of Canterbury

Breakthrough research at the University of Canterbury has created an industrial process that applies a protective ceramic coating to metal machine parts, which could be used by NASA. Read more »

Article – sticK

The recent KiwiNet group hug in Wellington showed the value of having a dealmaker come salesman attitude when it comes to commercialisation. Read more »

Press Release – Massey University

Why we eat what we eat is a complicated subject. It’s something Massey nutritional ecologist Professor David Raubenheimer has spent years researching, analysing the feeding habits of everything from snapper and snow leopards to gorillas and humans. Read more »

Press Release – University of Sydney

An international study led by the University of Sydney has the potential to improve the design of clinical trials for the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a disorder which affects the peripheral nervous system. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

May 7 (BusinessDesk) – Synlait Milk, the Canterbury milk processor controlled by China’s Bright Dairy, has signed a deal to supply colostrum to ASX-listed biopharmaceutical company Immuron. Read more »

Press Release – NZ Biological Farming Systems Research Centre

Representatives from academic institutions, crown research institute, three regional councils, biological fertiliser companies, Maori land trusts, FoMA, Federated Farmers and Rural Women New Zealand attended the information day held last week in Rotorua. Read more »

Press Release – The Royal Society of New Zealand

This June, hundreds of scientists, iwi representatives and dignitaries will gather to celebrate the Transit of Venus, and advance Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision of making New Zealand a place where talent wants to live. Read more »

Press Release – Shaun Holt

New Zealand kanuka honey has double the levels of bug-killing manuka factor according to work recently published by Crown Research Institute Industrial Research Limited. Read more »

Press Release – Tertiary Education Union

The prime minister, John Key, and the minister of tertiary education skills and employment, Steven Joyce, this week foreshadowed several tertiary education budget initiatives. Read more »

Press Release – Designers Institute of NZ

The Government must understand the importance and value of design to the New Zealand economy when it considers diverting tertiary funds from other disciplines into science, technology and maths (STEM subjects), says Tony Parker, the president of the Designers … Read more »

Press Release – Pacific Leprosy

The World Health Organisation has singled out the New Zealand-based Pacific Leprosy Foundation for its annual international US$100,000 Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for excellence in public health. Read more »

Press Release – Carter Observatory

Carter Observatory is delighted to have welcomed over 100,000 visitors since March 2010. This is a major milestone for Carter, and a great reward for the hard work done since it reopened after an extensive refurbishment. Read more »

Article – sticK

There’s so many ways to say aagghhh, what the hell is going on, that it is difficult to know where to start. But, it is nearly six months since John Key (no less) announced the high-tech transformation of the science sector was to be kicked off. Read more »

Press Release – Department of Conservation

The preliminary pathology report on the dead Hector’s/Maui’s dolphin recovered from a Taranaki beach last week has indicated that the animal died of natural causes. Read more »

Press Release – RANZCP

The latest issue of Australasian Psychiatry has been released and contains a number of highly interesting articles pertaining to various aspects of the field. These include: Read more »

Press Release – GNS Science

A wide range of new geoscience information has become instantly available to the petroleum exploration industry with the culmination of a two-year project by a team of researchers at GNS Science. Read more »

Press Release – CERA

As announced by the Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, the documentation currently held by CERA with regard to the Christ Church Cathedral has been made public. Read more »

Press Release – PharmaZen

Media Release April 27, 2012 Trial results boost buoyant PharmaZen Eager anticipation surrounding trial results for its bone health product range has biotechnology company PharmaZen confidently looking forward to the next 12 months on the back of another … Read more »