Two Massey academics have been successful in the most recent round of the Royal Society Te Apārangi’s Catalyst: Seeding Fund.

This round of funding was for projects that aim to initiate new international collaborations of strategic importance to New Zealand.

New Zealand urgently needs to debate and action on gene editing, with the aim of boosting New Zealand’s bioeconomy, a BioTechNZ survey report says.

New Zealand, with its world leading bioeconomy, has huge advantages in growing its massive potential in biotechnology, a new report says.

The significant BioTechNZ study analysed the state of biotechnology and its impact and benefits for the New Zealand economy and society.

On average, people are living longer, their lives are busier, they have poorer diets and exercise less which is leading to increasing rates of diseases and health conditions including cancer, diabetes, dementia, heart disease and obesity, BioTechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says.

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27 November 2020

Acoustics that inspire: OPPO announces Enco X Wireless Noise Cancelling Earphones

New findings from HERE Technologies, the leading location data and platform company, has revealed a rise in the understanding of and willingness to share location data across New Zealand.

New Zealand’s biotech industry is on the cusp of a massive surge, boosting the economy and exports through the growth of new world technologies, including the use of gene technology, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says.

Wairoa teenager Clive Hook-Pomare has been awarded the 2020 Rocket Lab Scholarship, created to support and encourage students from the region where Rocket Lab launches to pursue science, technology, engineering, or maths at a tertiary level.

Security solutions specialist Centaman Entrance Control is offering a new facial recognition technology add-on for its access gates used in corporate offices, government buildings and leisure centres in Australia and New Zealand.

Setting up and managing databases just got easier with the launch of Catalyst Cloud’s Managed Database Service in Tech Preview.