http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Science headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:06 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=82 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10633050&ref=rss From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter , the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality.Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:38:04 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10632880&ref=rss The first planet with a "temperate" climate to orbit a distant star has been discovered by astronomers, who claim that the techniques used to study it will be critical in the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our own solar system.Corot-9b,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10632609&ref=rss Distinguished New Zealand space scientist Sir Ian Axford has died at his home in Napier, aged 77.Sir Ian did ground-breaking research in planetary science, comets and solar systems and made significant contributions to space physics.He... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10632525&ref=rss Distinguished New Zealand space scientist Sir Ian Axford died at his Napier home on Saturday, aged 77.The 1995 New Zealander of the Year and Royal Society fellow conducted ground-breaking research in planetary science, comets... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10632484&ref=rss Police may soon be able to add another forensic tool to their armoury following a study showing that it is possible to identify a person from the bacteria they leave behind after touching an inanimate object such as a computer keyboard... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10632413&ref=rss It's a humble vegetable, but within it lies a resource that is helping save lives and may revolutionise the treatment of brain injury.The yam naturally produces progesterone - a hormone also produced in the female body. Research... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10632189&ref=rss To most of us, Sunday probably seemed fairly ordinary, but to anyone with more than a passing penchant for numbers, it national Pi day. Whilst you'd be forgiven for thinking all about pastry and fillings, Pi day actually celebrates... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:10:29 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10632183&ref=rss Scientists have identified the genes of the opium poppy responsible for the production of the painkillers codeine and morphine, which could lead to new ways of making the drugs without having to cultivate fields of poppies.Opium... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:06:58 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10632032&ref=rss National belt-tightening could be of more benefit to a country's sense of wellbeing than soaring wealth levels, a study has found.Complex economic formulas developed by two Canadian professors of economics, Curtis Eaton and Mukesh... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10631787&ref=rss The decision to axe up to 43 jobs at AgResearch, the Government's biggest state science company, will hamper growth in the most productive parts of NZ's economy, says former Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton. Redundancies were a direct... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:05:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10631766&ref=rss Buzz Aldrin's not a hard man to get talking.With a formidable marketing machine behind him, he has done a fair bit recently around the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing.So it's lucky he churns through words like Apollo... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10631662&ref=rss Hopes that New Zealand will ever be able to compete in the cut-throat field of spectacularly pointless research are fading fast following the Government's announcement that a quarter of the courses on offer in our tertiary institutions... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10631587&ref=rss The second man to walk on the moon has two new missions for 2010: convincing United States President Barack Obama to say "yes we can" to a programme aimed at manned flights to Mars, and out-dancing some fellow American celebrities.Buzz... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:13:45 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10631527&ref=rss People more sensitive to tasting fat in their food are less likely to be overweight, a group of scientists, including a New Zealander, has discovered.The team from Deakin University in Australia, has found the tongue can detect... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200