Manawatu-Whanganui Science

Lecture: Tongariro re-awakens - what now?

Palmerston North — Massey University Professor Shane Cronin will give a lecture detailing last week’s Mt Tongariro eruption at the Palmerston North Library tomorrow.

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Science 8:33AM

Chair in Grassland Science appointed

Palmerston North — Massey University has appointed Professor Tony Parsons as Chair in Grassland Science at the Institute of Natural Resources.

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Science 1:23PM

New role for plant professor in global horticulture

Manawatu-Whanganui — Professor Emeritus Errol Hewett has been elected to the board of the International Society for Horticultural Science.

Professor Emeritus Errol Hewett makes a sartorial statement with his fruit-motif ties, which he wears to promote the horticulture industry.

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Science 1:21PM

Pregnant Mäori women needed for sleep research

Manawatu-Whanganui — A maternal sleep and health study at Massey’s Sleep/Wake Research Centre needs 500 pregnant Mäori to take part.

Bachelor of Midwifery student Ana Mihaere checks up on an expectant mother's progress

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Science 3:23PM

Research aids chemotherapy treatment

Palmerston North — Research carried out by a Massey PhD student could help chemotherapy drugs work more effectively.

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Science 7:52AM

Federated Farmers backs greenhouse gas research centre

Palmerston North — Federated Farmers is welcoming today’s opening of the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre in Palmerston North.

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Science 10:49AM

NZ Greenhouse Gas Research Centre opened

Palmerston North — Increasing agriculture’s ability to create wealth for New Zealand in a carbon constrained world is the mission of the Government’s New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre opened today by the Prime Minister John Key in Palmerston North at AgResearch’s Grasslands campus.

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Science 6:35PM

Food-methane relationship study gets backing from scholarship

Palmerston North — PhD student Kirsty Hammond is the winner of a $10,000 Pukehou Pouto scholarship, one of two awarded this year.

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Science 2:00PM

Omega-3 factory benefits all New Zealanders

Manawatu-Whanganui — Omega-3 produced at a new factory in the Manawatu will be good for both New Zealanders' health and the health of the economy, Minister for Research, Science and Technology Steve Maharey says.

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