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From Tuesday, senior students in Alert Level 3 areas will be able to return to high school campuses to finish assessments and sit exams. Students will be required to wear masks on site and in school buses – staff will also have to wear masks, as ... Read more...

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; The College) urges global leaders and their representatives meeting at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) 26th Conference of the Parties ( COP26 ) to immediately transition ... Read more...

A shortage of qualified and experienced project managers could challenge the three Auckland region DHBs tasked with delivering significant capital and infrastructure programmes, so they have come up with an innovative and long-term solution. Auckland ... Read more...

UVA Scientists Identify How Failure in the Brain’s Natural Braking System Contributes to Epileptic Seizures CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 19, 2021 – Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have uncovered how problems in cortical ... Read more...

Agricultural emissions are linked to intensive farming, with dairy cattle and road transport the largest contributors to the growth in emissions since 1990. Can these be measured and mitigated? Currently, the Overseer nutrient budgeting model can provide ... Read more...

Dr Franck Natali joins Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Fellows to help bring climate innovation from the lab to widespread adoption with his work into cleaner ammonia production. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2110/8894a117f56f22cd0976.jpeg" ... Read more...

Houm Technology launches innovative product providing privacy with storage Today, the majority of us don’t own anything on the internet, we simply use it as a way of accessing products and services, visiting websites and finding information. We ... Read more...

Cyber Smart Week October 18 - 24 People could be forgiven for dismissing this Cyber Smart Week as yet another 'awareness' week, but – as demonstrated by the recent spate of cyberattacks targeting mobile phones using iconic New Zealand company names ... Read more...

An algae-based pain medication that could improve the care of patients undergoing surgery is now closer to reality thanks to a collaboration between Cawthron Institute and medical researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital (a Harvard Medical School ... Read more...

MetService is forecasting temperatures in eastern parts of the country to yo-yo this week, with warm days forecast today and Tuesday ahead of a cool change on Wednesday, before temperatures rebound later this week. A front that brought heavy rain and ... Read more...