All posts tagged "research"

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  Innovation to underpin LIC’s future growth

  The future growth and sustainability of the New Zealand dairy industry will be underpinned by innovation and investment in research and development...

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  How could gene editing serve our primary industries?

  Removing allergens from milk, making mānuka disease-resistant and preventing wilding pines are some potential future uses of gene editing in New Zealand...

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  Pasture pests cost NZ farmers

  Pests most commonly targeting New Zealand’s pastures are costing the economy up to $2.3 billion a year, an AgResearch study has found.

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  Island life helps birds evolve bigger brains

  Species of birds that live on oceanic islands (islands that rise from the ocean floor due to seismic or volcanic activity) have...

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  Modern breeding could make apples red inside and out

  Novelty and health benefits play a major role in influencing consumers’ purchasing decisions and are often controlled in the plant by a...

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  New research continues to reinforce Ecotain’s nitrogen-reducing capabilities

  New independent research findings continue to highlight the nitrogen mitigating effects of Ecotain environmental plantain, with one study showing it halved the...

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  Better tools to predict heart attacks & stroke in NZ

  University of Auckland academics have developed new equations to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease (mainly heart attacks and strokes) in New...

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  Climate change-induced drought will make plant diseases worse

  New Zealand’s land-based primary industries need to get ready for more, and more serious, crop disease as climate change causes more and...

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  Neighbourhood ‘greenness’ lowers Kiwi kids’ asthma risk

  Children growing up in areas with diverse plant life are less likely to be diagnosed with asthma.

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  Governance of regulatory bodies

  Governance in the public sector has always been a vexed question and a report released by The New Zealand Initiative probes this...