Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 10:02 am
Wins can be made right now to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
emissions from road freight transport, says Road Transport
Forum (RTF) chief executive Nick Leggett.
In its
submission on Increasing the use of biofuels in transport,
the RTF says the Government should be more decisive and fast
acting in enabling tangible progress on reducing
GHG. Instead of waiting for the perfect heavy truck
to be produced that meets their view of decarbonisation -
which could be years away and is still largely, in fantasy
land - the Government could be acting now with solutions
that actually exist to reduce GHG, Leggett
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 12:20 pm
A study to measure the mental health of young people who
grow up in areas with unhealthy environmental features, such
as gaming venues, takeaway shops and liquor outlets, is one
of 12 projects to get the greenlight through a new $4M
collaboration to fund child health research.
A Better
Start, one of the country’s 11 National Science
Challenges, and Cure Kids, New Zealand’s largest national
child health research charity, are co-funding the new
projects, which are all aimed at making a real-world
difference for tamariki and their whānau.
The
research projects are centred on three key research areas
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 12:44 pm
Research from ThycoticCentrify, including Australia,
New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, India and Japan, reveals
workers’ attitudes to cybersecurity and risks they take on
the job
Workers are
engaging in risky behaviours which could put their
company’s digital security at risk, despite knowing the
dangers, a global survey of more than 8,000 employees has
revealed, including over 2,500 respondents in Australia,
New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, India and Japan.
ThycoticCentrify, a leading
provider of cloud identity security solutions formed by the
merger of privileged access management (PAM) leaders
Thycotic and Centrify, commissioned the independent market
research specialist Sapio Research to poll workers from
With a lot of
musical inspiration behind many of the
Boneface
Brewery beer names, it was a match made in
heaven.
“The band possess a sound that is both
unique and yet familiar, marrying influences of eclectic
indie melodies with heavy punk distortion and youthful,
raucous energy (think Arctic Monkeys meets IDLES). When
these guys reached out to us about a potential
collaboration, it was certainly a no-brainer,” says
Dainty.
“Brew
day” took place on July 22 and 23 with the band
being invited into the brewery to help assist with the
creation of the beer.
It’s still in the early stages
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 1:05 pm
Wellington, 28 July 2021 - The Cancer Society of
New Zealand has funded more than $1,000,0000 in new research
to combat cancer through its scientific 2020 Grant
Round.
Among the projects funded include
research into the impact of HPV vaccination on pre-cancerous
changes in cervical cancer, led by Associate Professor Peter
Sykes.
The Cancer Society also wants to focus
attention on preventing cancer. Alcohol is our most socially
acceptable and widely used carcinogen, yet most people don t
fully understand the relationship between alcohol and
cancer. We funded research into understanding the attitudes
of middle age drinkers to better understand and engage this