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A new technique allows researchers to map how the cellular 'skeleton' adapts to external stress. TSUKUBA, Japan, Nov 21, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - By giving living cells a ‘nano-poke’ and monitoring the resulting changes in the intra-cellular ...

In the end, as in the beginning of new cultures or technologies, philosophy matters most. The philosophical conflict in the murky world of AI development, over the so-called doomers versus the ‘accelerationists’/commercializers, has spilled out onto the ...

A university in Japan announced a major breakthrough in the complete farming of highly endangered Japanese eels, claiming a world first by an academic institution.

MetService has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the risk of downpours in the Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel and western Bay of Plenty regions this Monday afternoon and evening. Widespread rain continues to fall in the eastern areas of the North ...

Ten years after a new islet born in a massive eruption nearby swallowed it, remote Nishinoshima island in the Ogasawara island chain is still showing signs of volcanic activity. 

The richest 1% of New Zealanders cause double the consumption emissions of all 2 million people who live in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati, combined. The richest 1 percent of the world’s population produced as much carbon pollution ...

The 2024 CEP conference will be held at Christchurch Town Hall on 28th and 29th May under the theme Keeping Cool .   The CEP annual conference has grown to become the biggest and most influential gathering of the year for energy efficiency, ...

Today marks the release of the Groundwater National Picture 2023 by Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA), offering an updated glance into the state of New Zealand's vital groundwater resources. This year's summary, now available on the LAWA website , underscores ...

New Zealand agriculture continues to lead the way in its approach to antimicrobial resistance- one of the top ten global threats to human health. Agriculture remains ahead of the game in the use of antibiotics, due to a concerted effort from vets, ...

SUITA, Osaka Prefecture--A scientist here says he has developed an inexpensive, biodegradable super absorbent polymer (SAP) derived from starch that could help resolve the growing environmental problem concerning disposable diapers.