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• Lycopene in tomato sauces

  31/08/2010

  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.

• Warm woolly PJs on the way

  30/08/2010

  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.

• ‘Green’ diesel

  24/08/2010

  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.

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Featured Events

• Neighbourhood Engineers Awards

  27 Apr, 2010 to 22 Oct, 2010

  The Neighbourhood Engineers Awards gives prizes to the most innovative technology projects undertaken by students in collaboration with teachers and volunteer engineers.

• The Science of Fashion

  24 Jul, 2010 to 24 Oct, 2010

  The Science of Fashion at Te Manawa Art Gallery showcases outfits from AgResearch’s Designer Collection, created from revolutionary new fabrics developed by its wool technologists.

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Radio New Zealand audio

• Clinical trials facility – Part 1

  01 Jul, 2010

  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.

• Genes, smell and taste

  24 Jun, 2010

  At the Molecular Sensing Laboratory at Plant and Food Research (Mt Albert), research is under way to determine if variation in odour receptor genes changes our sense of smell, taste and flavour.

• Gene therapy and cancer

  17 Jun, 2010

  This programme investigates research into a new way of treating cancerous tumours using gene therapy.

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