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Te kete maatauranga (the knowledge basket)

In te kete maatauaranga we use sophisticated internet search technology to continuously locate, tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source.

With emphasis on the power of community, this technology fast-tracks users of our website to find helpful knowledge and information from world leading thought-leaders about key sectors where we focus our resources and effort.

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Traditional Maori proverb

 The Maori people of New Zealand have long acknowledged the importance of knowledge at opening up development opportunities across the world. This is set below in a traditional proverb:



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Innovation Learning Hub

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Apple genome reveals unexpected results
  Analysis of the complete DNA sequence of apple suggests that a major step in evolution of the fruit was caused by a catastrophic environmental event, possibly the same one that killed the dinosaurs.

An international consortium, including scientists at Plant & Food Research, has sequenced the more than 600 million base pairs of DNA which make up the apple genome and will open the way to understanding characteristics of importance to consumers, such as crispness, juiciness and flavour, or to producers, such as harvest time.

The research is published in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics.

Free Forestry Conference Puts GIS on the Map
  On 6 October, Crown Research Institute Scion is hosting a free conference to raise awareness of how GIS technology can be used to best advantage within the forestry sector.

Mont Liggins: NZ hero and mentor
  Sir Graham ‘Mont’ Liggins who died on 24 August was an outstanding medical scientist, with a global reputation, says PMCSA.

A deeper connection Â? sonar gets smarter
  

Electronic Navigation Ltd (ENL) and Industrial Research Ltd (IRL) have signed a long-term co-funding agreement that promises to underpin next-generation innovation at New Zealand’s premier marine electronics company and strengthen the country’s advanced sonar systems capability.



Top scoring technology taps healing power of play
  A computer game-based arm rehabilitation device developed by IRL has won first prize in the prototype category of the 2010 Engineers Australia, College of Biomedical Engineering Better Technology Awards.

Two quakes caused Samoan tsunami
  GNS Scientists report that a rare combination of two massive earthquakes happening almost simultaneously triggered the tsunami that devastated parts of Samoa and Tonga.

Download the seabed!
  Highly detailed maps of New Zealand’s seabed are now freely available on NIWA’s website. The high-resolution maps show the hidden seabed of the deep sea around the country in incredible digital detail, making them a treasure for all New Zealanders.

Volcano collapse underlines threat of tsunami
  NIWA scientists have found that a volcanic cone on Rumble III, 200km northeast of Auckland, has crumbled. Marine geologist Richard Wysoczanski said there's no doubt some of these slips can cause tsunami.

NIWA scientists alleviate concern over 1080
  NIWA scientists have found little cause for concern about the possibility of 1080 contamination in streams. This finding was part of a detailed investigation on the West Coast, during August last year.

The Singing Scientist's new song
  

Dr Matthew Barnett, Senior Scientist in AgResearch’s Agri-Foods & Health Section who featured on TV and radio last year with his Epigenome Song, has written a second song based on his scientific work, this time about fibre. Click here to view YouTube track.



NZÂ?s leading greenhouse gas certification scheme available in Australia
  Landcare Research has signed an exciting licensing partnership with Bureau Veritas, the world's leading independent certification body, to provide the highly successful CEMARS® (Certified Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme) certification to selected clients in Australia.

Exploring benefits of the bioplastics boom
  More than 50 people from around the country with an interest in bioplastics are gathering in Rotorua for a day-long workshop at Crown Research Institute Scion on 13 August.

Divergent trends in land and ocean temperature in the Southern Ocean
  Landcare Research scientists believe climate variations thousands of years ago over Campbell Island may shed light on the future climate of New Zealand.

Ocean dwellers miss the census
  New Zealand seas are teeming with unidentified creatures which may have properties ranging from combating pollution to fighting cancer, say NIWA scientists involved in a project to catalogue marine life.

Farmers embrace healthy Bee campaign
  An ongoing Landcare Research programme that highlights the importance of bees to agriculture and offers practical ways to encourage better bee health on New Zealand farms is proving highly popular.

Bayer Animal Health and Paraco agree on access to lead molecules
  Bayer Animal Health GmbH and Paraco Technology Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of AgResearch, have signed an option agreement allowing Bayer exclusive access to Paraco’s current lead molecules for testing and development in animal health.

South Island to get quake sensors
  From next year, GeoNet, a collaboration between the Earthquake Commission (EQC) and GNS Science, will roll out a monitoring station network across the upper South Island as part of a $45 million, five-year programme.

Scientists plan to drill deep into Alpine Fault
  GNS Science says that top international scientists are eyeing up a scrubby West Coast stream bed to carry out multimillion-dollar research into New Zealand's major "earthquake machine".

Setting the scene for a 3D revolution
  The most recent developments to the IRL scene-scanner mean it now has the potential to fill a significant gap in 3D scanner technology worldwide, according to IRL project leader Dr Robert Valkenburg.



The weighting game
  IRL’s metrologists are taking a novel approach to bringing the kilogram — the last measurement to be based on a physical object — into the 21st century.

Bio-Technology Learning Hub

Biotechnology Learning Hub - Show Descriptions
The singing scientist and epigenetics
  

Epigenomics researcher Matthew Barnett has put the subject of his research to music and is investigating whether food can turn genes on or off.



Warm woolly PJs on the way
  

We like the warmth of wool but it can be itchy when up against your skin, so wool has not been used for your PJs or bed sheets… until now.



Lycopene in tomato sauces
  

Research by Plant & Food in collaboration with Lincoln University has shown that lycopene, an antioxidant found in high levels in tomatoes, is only released in small amounts when the tomato is eaten raw.



Clinical trials facility – Part 1
  

Medications must go through human clinical trials to show they are safe and effective to use before they can be sold in pharmacies or prescribed to patients.



‘Green’ diesel
  

A team at a Veranis Corporation workshop in Lower Hutt has concocted a secret formula that mixes water droplets with diesel to make a greener fuel.



Computer game for stroke patients
  

A New Zealand company is using a computer game to help stroke patients get their muscles moving again.



Carbohydrates and exercise
  

Research has shown that carbohydrate does not have to be digested to have an effect on muscle tone.



Ground-breaking DNA discovery
  

Massey University scientist Wayne Patrick has engineered an improved version of ligase, an enzyme used in DNA biotechnology.



Bird-unfriendly grass
  

After a close encounter with a bird strike while on a flight to London, New Zealand scientist Chris Pennell looked into using toxic endophytes in grasses to manage the number of birds around airports.



Nanotechnology meets fish skin
  

A New Zealand company is using nanotechnology to turn old fish skin into 100% biodegradable, antibacterial air filters – a New Zealand first.




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