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Crushing mussels, crunching data
12 Nov 2015They call it the 'mussel crusher', a machine developed by NIWA to test the strength of New Zealand mussel shells and help the local aquaculture industry
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'Smart' glove
12 Nov 2015The prototype of a haptic feedback glove is being used to control a flight simulator but could have future use in physiotherapy
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A journey through the Anthropocene
5 Nov 2015Gaia Vince is the author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, which won the 2015 Winton Science Book Prize.
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Celebrating great ideas for Nature
5 Nov 2015The WWF Conservation Innovations awards recognise the best ideas that help conservation projects to succeed.
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Mars Mission: a mental journey
5 Nov 2015As NASA considers a mission to Mars, it is investigating what happens to an astronaut's brain during long-duration space travel.
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Bill Ballantine: New Zealand's pioneer of marine conservation
5 Nov 2015A tribute to Bill Ballantine, New Zealand's tireless campaigner for the protection of our oceans, who died this week at the age of 78.
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Healthy streams - healthy harbour
5 Nov 2015Whaingaroa Harbour Care have planted more than 1.4 million native plants along streams around Raglan,and the harbour is much cleaner as a result
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Bending light in search for alien planets
29 Oct 2015Light has helped astronomers to discover many of the almost 2000 planets that orbit around stars outside our own solar system, thanks to Einstein.
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Kokopu condos and tuna townhouse
29 Oct 2015A housing project for native fish in suburban streams is hoping to provide safe refuges for giant kokopu and long-finned eels
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On the cusp of a solar revolution
22 Oct 2015Next generation printable and flexible solar cells, made with new materials, are part of a clean-energy revolution
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Wilding pines go up in flames in name of science
22 Oct 2015Scientists set fire to blocks of wilding pines to study whether chemicals used to control the weedy trees change the fire hazard.
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Hair of the kuri or Maori dog
22 Oct 2015Ecologist Cilla Wehi hopes that the hair and bones of kuri, or now extinct Maori dog, might hold clues to what they ate
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Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise
15 Oct 2015New research confirms that Antarctica will contribute sigificantly to future sea level rise unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed from 2020 onwards.
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Ultra-fast lasers
15 Oct 2015Ultra-fast lasers - or more properly ultra short-pulsed lasers - are very accurate, which makes them useful in industry and research
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Subtidal currents in Cook Strait
15 Oct 2015Cook Strait is known for its strong tidal currents, but NIWA oceanographers have completed comprehensive measurements of subtidal residual currents.
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Global census of methane-producing microbes
15 Oct 2015A team of AgResearch scientists had analysed the rumen microbiome in different animals across the world and found similar methane-producing micro-organisms.
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Kaika Energy - from food waste to fertiliser and biogas
15 Oct 2015A group of Year 13 students from Kaikorai Valley College in Dunedin have created a biotechnology company and installed a biodigestor at school
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Why kakariki are losing their feathers
8 Oct 2015Tiny skin mites are causing mange and feather loss amongst red-crowned parakeets on Tiritiri Matangi Island, and a screening programme is keeping an eye on the problem
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Living in the age of resilience
8 Oct 2015French experts Pierre Ducret and Lucile Schmid discuss the social impacts of climate change and the challenges in building a fair, low-carbon economy.
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Wellington joins 100 Resilient Cities
8 Oct 2015Wellington recently joined the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities programme and urban planners are now mapping out a long-term resilience plan for the capital.
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Science of stony soils and water
8 Oct 2015There are a million hectares of stony soils in New Zealand - and scientists are using lysimeters to measure how water and cow urine move through them
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How best to invest in science
8 Oct 2015Motu's director Adam Jaffe responds to the government's science funding strategy and discusses recent research into the efficacy of the Marsden Fund.
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Moving animals for conservation
1 Oct 2015There have been hundreds of relocations of animals for conservation reasons in New Zealand and Australia - so what lessons have we learnt
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Offsetting biodiversity losses
1 Oct 2015Environmental Defence Society policy analyst Marie Brown discusses the challenge of how development projects can offset biodiversity losses.
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