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12 Mar 2010 - Students’ research rewarded with cash prizes Talented school students from around New Zealand were presented with awards totalling more than $30,000 on Wednesday night for science and technology research projects they had completed.

11 Mar 2010 - LCT encapsulation device granted registration in Russia Living Cell Technologies’ subsidiary LCT Biomedical Limited has received registration of the encapsulation device as a delivery system in Russia.

11 Mar 2010 - PM announces $1 million science prize winners Some of New Zealand’s most brilliant minds have been honoured in the first annual Prime Minister’s Science Prizes, the country’s most prestigious and valuable science awards.

11 Mar 2010 - IRL scientists scoop PM’s Science Prize Two of New Zealand’s pre-eminent scientists, whose work enabled the creation of a new, high-value industry for New Zealand, were this week jointly awarded the inaugural Prime Minister’s Science Prize.

11 Mar 2010 - LanzaTech deal in China LanzaTech’s technology is attracting increasing interest in China. Around 50% of the world’s steel is currently produced in China, which is home to four of the top 10 steel producers in the world. The use of ethanol as a transport fuel in China is also well established.

11 Mar 2010 - GM potato approved in Europe The European Commission has approved Amflora, BASF's genetically optimized starch potato, for commercial application in Europe. The potato can now be used for the production of industrial starch.

11 Mar 2010 - New $21 million food innovation network The government will spend up to $21 million to establish a network of open-access food development facilities across the country, Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.

04 Mar 2010 - 2010 BIO International Convention Expected to Bring More Than $25 Million to Chicago The 2010 BIO International Convention is expected to contribute more than $25 million to the local economy, according to estimates from the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau. The BIO International Convention returns to Chicago May 3-6 and is expected to draw 15,000 to 17,000 industry leaders from 48 states and 60 countries.

04 Mar 2010 - Centre for Biosecurity & Infectious Disease Expands Biosecurity Minister David Carter has officially opened a new multipurpose response facility at the Government's National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease (NCBID) in Wallaceville, Upper Hutt.

04 Mar 2010 - Pacific Edge announces Cxbladder performance at scientific meeting Pacific Edge announced the clinical trial performance of the Cxbladder, test in Perth on Monday 22nd of February. Peter Davidson, a renowned New Zealand urologist and the lead clinical investigator in this research, presented the scientific performance of Cxbladder to the Australasian urologists and medical professionals at their Annual Scientific Meeting. The scientific meeting hosted 600 delegates with urologists from New Zealand, Australia, US, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea.

04 Mar 2010 - Taskforce Report Charts Path Forward for CRIs The Crown Research Institute Taskforce report lays out a clear path for New Zealand’s Crown Research Institutes, Taskforce chair Neville Jordan says.

04 Mar 2010 - CRIs say Taskforce Report provides sound and constructive path forward. The chairman of Science New Zealand and CEO of NIWA, Mr John Morgan, says the CRI Taskforce has done a great job in identifying the issues and solutions, and has provided the Government with a sound and constructive path forward.

04 Mar 2010 - Angels invest nearly $50 million in 2009 NZVIF chief executive Franceska Banga said angel investors are the playing an increasingly significant role in the financing of high-growth, innovative start-ups.

04 Mar 2010 - PM opens greenhouse gas research centre Prime Minister John Key, together with Agriculture Minister David Carter, this week launched a Government-funded centre for agricultural greenhouse gas research, a key part of New Zealand's efforts to find practical ways to curb emissions from agriculture.

04 Mar 2010 - Kiwi clean tech company reports breakthrough in US New Zealand-based Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation announced today that it will be working with Honeywell’s UOP on a United States Department of Energy cooperative agreement project to demonstrate technology to capture carbon dioxide and cultivate algae for use in biofuel and energy production.

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