Follow Scoop Sci-Tech, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scoop16 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:17:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr63PG9CmlCI05VjH6qdYdAk MOTAT and the Te Whai Ao Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies are proud to announce a significant enhancement to their long-running partnership, with Dodd-Walls investing in the Museum’s new science and technology centre opening ...]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:03:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr63PG9CmlCI05VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr6xClwSpAu9jcb1naedg1wr A Wellington College pupil claimed two top prizes at this year’s NIWA Wellington Science and Technology Fair. Winning the NIWA award for best overall exhibit, year 11 Jesse Rumball-Smith received $1,000 for his project "Driving Nudging Towards ...]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 02:06:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr6xClwSpAu9jcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr6nTs8JXakv5ZVjH6qdYdAk What is best food? How is it grown and produced? Do consumers care? The Kete Ora Trust has commissioned Rangahau Ahumāra Kai Plant & Food Research to compare the nutrient density of food produced from biodynamic, organic, and non-organic systems, ...]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 08:46:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr6nTs8JXakv5ZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7wOSpE8pYTP11cWWor9YPv A tactile model for the blind has scooped top prize at the NIWA Waikato Science and Technology Fair. Chelsea Smart and Aliyah Alchin made a miniature model of their school for a fellow student who is visually impaired. The project entitled ‘Feel ...]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 03:35:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7wOSpE8pYTP11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7n0KgZCMY2UuzdsCmHakzH MetService forecasts heavy snow, strong winds, heavy rain, and thunderstorms for the end of the working week and into the first weekend of the school holidays. The active front moving northwards up Te Waipounamu/the South Island continues to cause ...]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 02:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7n0KgZCMY2UuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7_TrczzOxTb8b1naedg1wr New Zealand’s trade and tourism border security is among the strictest in the world in efforts to protect the environment and primary industries from unwanted pests and diseases. But aerial invaders (insect and pathogen pests arriving by wind) ...]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 01:07:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7_TrczzOxTb8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr6m6rbcsuhS46CY3L745TL_ Callaghan Innovation’s first Chief Scientist says both creativity and science excellence are vitally important if Aotearoa is to realise its environmental, social, and economic potential. Andrea Bubendorfer joins Callaghan Innovation’s executive ...]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 01:01:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr6m6rbcsuhS46CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr4hNNM-xSZRwcb1naedg1wr This November, get ready for a scientific extravaganza as Nanogirl Live! - the world’s only female-led live science show - returns to NZ theatres for the first time in four years. World famous for bringing science to life for all ages, the family-friendly, ...]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:25:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr4hNNM-xSZRwcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr4hNNM-xSZRwXn9ye8UNv30 This November, get ready for a scientific extravaganza as Nanogirl Live! - the world’s only female-led live science show - returns to NZ theatres for the first time in four years. World famous for bringing science to life for all ages, the family-friendly, ...]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:24:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr4hNNM-xSZRwXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr4k13DQrTR6RV1cWWor9YPv MetService is forecasting a significant snow event for inland areas of both Canterbury and northern Otago Thursday night and throughout Friday. Accumulations of around 10cm above 200 metres, and 20-40cm for areas above 400 metres are expected. This ...]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 05:34:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr4k13DQrTR6RV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7W0EfPZx2BPOT5HJgy6HUf A boil water notice is in place for Queenstown and Frankton, as officials work to find the source of a cryptosporidium outbreak. The parasite can infect people through faeces, and can also be transmitted through water supplies. However no clear link ...]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 02:24:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7W0EfPZx2BPOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7f68GNDhgfqF1cWWor9YPv A new research project to future proof and protect Aotearoa New Zealand’s food systems and the environment has attracted more than $10 million in funding this week. The joint venture between the Sustainable Nutrition Initiative® (SNi®) of the Riddet ...]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:55:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7f68GNDhgfqF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr76_AiA0qKQlps0ohxaO6Yr SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium has welcomed an Endangered black sea turtle. This sub species of green turtle, frequents the waters of Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, so is a very long way from home. Missing its front right flipper, the turtle ...]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:09:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr76_AiA0qKQlps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr72kijMo0Zl9-zdsCmHakzH A British scientist who monitors Antarctic penguin populations from space has been sharing his real-world expertise with Kiwi students and academics in Ōtautahi Christchurch. An Erskine Fellow at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC), ...]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr72kijMo0Zl9-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr6ufsrA8koAUZs0ohxaO6Yr NIWA scientists have discovered the origins of cryptic markings found in Aotearoa New Zealand’s deep sea. While studying footage from a 2013 Chatham Rise survey, researchers kept seeing horseshoe-shaped imprints in the seabed but had no idea what ...]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 01:01:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr6ufsrA8koAUZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr5GXAAm8RX6Xl1cWWor9YPv   New Zealand Police is introducing Digital Notebook, a new intelligence, evidence and investigative tool. This new technology is an important step forwards for modern policing, supporting greater collaboration and efficiency across the organisation. ...]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:36:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr5GXAAm8RX6Xl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr5GXAAm8RX6Xsb1naedg1wr Two New Zealand researchers have been chosen to receive the Associated New Zealand Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Society (ANZMES) annual grant of $25,000 to undertake vital research into increasing understanding of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME, also known ...]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:24:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr5GXAAm8RX6Xsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr4YyuIPx16AtuT5HJgy6HUf “Why has it taken so long for our farming representatives to take a stance that all policy decisions on ruminant methane emissions need to be based on science? The most up to date science findings should have always been the cornerstone of every ...]]> Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:29:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr4YyuIPx16AtuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7Or-YO-WesiezdsCmHakzH -- Expanding mankind to live in space by making use of our unparalleled heritage of space technologies  - Environment control and life support system (ECLSS) development for the international habitation module (I-HAB) to be used on the Artemis Program's ...]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 19:35:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7Or-YO-WesiezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7L4mPCGj4iocb1naedg1wr Te Niwha, the Infectious Diseases and Pandemic Preparedness Research Platform in their first commissioning round, have awarded fifteen research projects from across Aotearoa New Zealand. The funded research will contribute to ensuring Aotearoa New ...]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 01:09:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vmniwpoacr7L4mPCGj4iocb1naedg1wr