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Science to solve kiwifruit crisis a winner
A 100-strong team of researchers from Plant and Food Research have won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Prize for using science to solve the kiwifruit PSA crisis.
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Science film-maker a winner
Film-maker Damian Christie has won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize to help tell science stories on film.
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Science speed dating leads to top award
A four minute conversation led to a revolutionary tooth decay treatment using silver nanoparticles and a PM's science award for the chemist who worked on it.
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World-first genetic analysis reveals Aussie white shark numbers
8 Feb 2018Australian and NZ scientists reveal size of New Zealand and eastern Australian great white shark population.
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Safe houses for Kaikoura's baby paua
8 Feb 2018NIWA is testing small 'safe houses' for baby paua, with the idea of boosting the population on the earthquake-damaged Kaikōura coast.
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Using light to reveal hidden molecular information
Michél Nieuwoudt uses light to uncover hidden information in different kinds of material, from milk to works of art.
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Discovered - the 'missing' male stick insect
1 Feb 2018A male stick insect belonging to an all female group of New Zealand stick insects has been discovered for the first time - in the UK.
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Chemical camouflage - putting predators off the scent
1 Feb 2018Could chemical camouflage save rare birds by putting predators off the scent? Ecologists are testing the idea in the Mackenzie Basin.
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Buildings that better survive earthquakes
25 Jan 2018Engineer Geoff Rodgers is designing a new generation of low-damage buildings that move in an earthquake and remain useable afterwards.
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Clever canines
25 Jan 2018How do dogs think? Do they experience emotions such as jealousy? The Clever Canine Lab at the University of Auckland is investigating.
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Te Waikoropupu Springs - what's their value?
16 Jan 2018Science communication student Lucy Coyle, from the University of Otago, finds out about the freshwater and cultural values of Pupu Springs in Golden Bay, New Zealand's largest springs boasting the…
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The rabbit problem
8 Jan 2018Science communication student Berenice Mathieu, from the University of Otago, finds out about moves to introduce a more virulent strain of RHD or rabbit calicivirus into New Zealand to control…
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Seals- friend or foe?
2 Jan 2018Science communication student Lana Young, from the University of Otago, talks to fishers and a marine mammal scientist about the rising number of seals and sea lions.
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What's happening with our freshwater?
26 Dec 2017Science communication student Tegan Good, from the University of Otago, takes a look a freshwater issues in New Zealand.
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Good news for Kaikōura's Hutton shearwaters
21 Dec 2017The first ground visit to the Hutton's shearwater breeding colony since the November 2017 Kaikōura earthquake shows damage not as bad as feared.
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What do we do? Agriculture in the age of synthetic food
21 Dec 2017If technologies like meat grown from stem cells and milk grown in vats take off, how will the New Zealand agricultural sector respond?
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The sobering science of drinking and driving
Waikato University research shows that drinking socially makes it harder to tell when you're too drunk to drive - and even a low blood alcohol level makes our driving unsafe.
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Scientific curiosity and Koraunui School
14 Dec 2017Scientific curiosity was the order of the day when Koraunui School, in the Hutt Valley, hosted its recent Bioblitz.
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Tawaki - the mysterious forest penguin
7 Dec 2017Scientists are discovering that tawaki, or Fiordland crested penguins, living in MIlford Sound are thriving - and breaking all the penguin rules.
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An atlas of coronary arteries
An atlas containing hundreds of coronary arteries mapped using MRI scans will help improve heart health.
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Urban lizards
30 Nov 2017A hunt for urban lizards in New Zealand involves more than a thousand buckets as well as citizen scientists.
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Our Changing World for 23 November 2017
23 Nov 2017Kiwi scientists and entrepreneurs talk about putting rockets and satellites into space, and using data from NZ's two radio telescopes.
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New Zealand in space
23 Nov 2017Kiwi scientists and entrepreneurs talk about their plans to put satellites and rockets into space, and the role of NZ radio telescopes in precision GPS.
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Our Changing World for 16 November 2017
16 Nov 2017Protecting nature on private land with the QEII Trust, and creating the 1769 Garden to mark the first encounter between Maori and Captain Cook.
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